tear between
tear between
v.
To put someone in the position of having to choose between some equally desirable or undesirable options or loyalties. Used chiefly in the passive: The soldier was torn between staying on duty or going home.
See also: between, tear
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- in a cleft stick
- put (someone or something) in a hole
- lesser of two evils
- the lesser of two evils
- leave (someone, something, or oneself) (wide) open to (something)
- leave open
- leave yourself wide open to something
- quit
- (someone) (just) doesn't know when to quit
- desperate diseases must have desperate remedies