intersperse among

intersperse (something) among (something)

To incorporate or scatter something in or throughout something else. For the kitchen backsplash, I want to intersperse some of these sparkly gray blocks among the black and white ones.
See also: among, intersperse
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

intersperse something among something

to place something among things at random. We interspersed a few chocolate dough nuts among all the plain ones. Some chocolate ones had been interspersed among the plain ones.
See also: among, intersperse
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • a/the feel of (something)
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • a straw will show which way the wind blows
  • a crack at (someone or something)
  • all right
  • (you) wanna make something of it?
  • all for the best
  • a thing of the past
  • a slew of (something)
  • a bird in the hand
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of late 18th- and early 19th-century books to intersperse among the objects.
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