go-between

noun

go-be·​tween ˈgō-bə-ˌtwēn How to pronounce go-between (audio)
: an intermediate agent : broker

Examples of go-between in a Sentence

I won't act as go-between between you and your ex acted as go-between for the two warring nations during the peace process
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On April 2, John F. Condon, a New Yorker from the Bronx who’d offered to act as a go-between for Lindbergh and the kidnappers, delivered $50,000 of Lindbergh’s gold certificates to a man who told him Charlie was being held on a boat in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 The station is shut down, and Lu and Chen deleted their phone communications with their MPS go-between after FBI agents raided it in October 2022, prosecutors allege. John Annese, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024 Amazon will act as a go-between, connecting customers to local dealerships that will remain the final sellers of the vehicles. Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024 He’s done that, been the go-between between production and the artistic side of things, and the commercial studio side of things. Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for go-between 

Word History

First Known Use

1602, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of go-between was in 1602

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“Go-between.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go-between. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.

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go-between

noun
go-be·​tween
ˈgō-bə-ˌtwēn
: a person who acts as a messenger or a peacemaker between two persons or groups

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