drive a wedge between

someone and someone else Fig. to cause people to oppose one another or turn against one another. The argument drove a wedge between Mike and his father.

drive a wedge between somebody/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.

drive a wedge between somebody

if you drive a wedge between two people or two groups of people, you do something which spoils their relationship She thinks Samantha's jealous and is trying to drive a wedge between her and her boyfriend. This is a clear attempt to drive a wedge between the USA and its western allies.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Narayan	-	Indian, Hindi, Nepali, Marathi, Odia, Bengali
Lutgardis	-	Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Bautista	bow-TEES-tah	Spanish
Kaden	KAY-dən	English (Modern)
PaŠKo	-	Croatian
Prudencia	proo-DHEN-thya (Spanish), proo-DHEN-sya (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish