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drove a wedge

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  • drove a wedge — inserted a wedge …   English contemporary dictionary

  • drove a wedge between — formed a gulf between, caused there to be problems between …   English contemporary dictionary

  • wedge — wedgelike, adj. /wej/, n., v., wedged, wedging. n. 1. a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle, for raising, holding, or splitting objects by applying a pounding or driving force, as from a hammer. Cf.… …   Universalium

  • wedge — [[t]wɛdʒ[/t]] n. v. wedged, wedg•ing 1) a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle, for raising, holding, or splitting objects by applying a pounding or driving force Compare machine 2), b) 2) a piece of… …   From formal English to slang

  • drive a wedge between — To cause ill feeling or division between • • • Main Entry: ↑wedge * * * drive a wedge between phrase to cause two people or groups to disagree or be unfriendly to one another, especially in order to gain an advantage for yourself Thesaurus: to… …   Useful english dictionary

  • drive a wedge between someone — drive a wedge between (someone/something) to cause a division between people or groups. Frank had to travel a lot and this finally drove a wedge between him and his wife. The issue of global warming has driven a wedge between our government and… …   New idioms dictionary

  • drive a wedge between something — drive a wedge between (someone/something) to cause a division between people or groups. Frank had to travel a lot and this finally drove a wedge between him and his wife. The issue of global warming has driven a wedge between our government and… …   New idioms dictionary

  • drive a wedge between — (someone/something) to cause a division between people or groups. Frank had to travel a lot and this finally drove a wedge between him and his wife. The issue of global warming has driven a wedge between our government and the rest of the world …   New idioms dictionary

  • international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …   Universalium

  • drive — 1 /draIv/ verb past tense drove, past participle driven / drIvFn/ 1 OPERATE A VEHICLE (I, T) to sit in a car, bus etc and make it travel from one place to another: Do you drive? | She drove the pick up and got our supplies. 2 TRAVEL SOMEWHERE (I …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Aaron Burr — Infobox Vice President | name=Aaron Burr nationality=American order=3rd Vice President of the United States term start=March 4, 1801 term end=March 4, 1805 predecessor=Thomas Jefferson successor=George Clinton order2= United States Senator from… …   Wikipedia

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