go between meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

go-between

nounalso spelled go-between

Etymology Deverbal from go between.

An intermediary or middleman.

She's the go-between for engineering and manufacturing, so you'll have to ask her if you need to coordinate between the groups.

Board games, Games, Shogi A shogi piece, used in chu shogi and larger shogi variants, that can move one step straight forward or straight backwards.

verb

Etymology Phrasal verb from go and between.

Ambitransitive To occupy the position or interval that separates (two or more things); to intercede.

At Dover where we go from the main road, a triangular piece of about 350 feet, which is about ten feet below the road, between the canal and the road, there is a small house on the property, and it goes between the house and this wall that separates the road, I estimated that at fifty cents a running foot.1909, Jersey City Water Supply Company, et al., defendants, In Chancery of New Jersey, Between the Mayor and Aldermen of New Jersey, Complainant, and the Jersey City Water Supply Company Et Als., Defendats; on Bill, Etc: Testimony for defendants, Feb. 17, 1909, page 5725:
Burn bright, through the night; two pockets lead the way. Two doors to go between; the wall was raised today.1985 June 10, R.E.M., “Life and How to Live It”, in Fables of the Reconstruction: