wedged

wedge between (someone or something)

1. To become lodged, jammed, or stuck in a tight space between two people or things. The ball had wedged between two branches at the top of the tree, so there was no way to get it down. Some jerk wedged between me and my girlfriend and just stayed stuck there for the whole concert.
2. To jam or lodge someone or something in a tight space between two people or things. A noun or pronoun is used between "wedge" and "between"; often used in passive constructions. The table kept wobbling, so I wedged a napkin into the gap between the floor and one of the legs. I was wedged between Bill and Steve for the entire bus ride home.
See also: between, wedge

wedge in

1. To become lodged, jammed, or stuck into some tight space. I thought the car would fit, but it ended up wedging in the narrow alleyway. The fabric got caught on the machinery and wedged in.
2. To jam or lodge someone or something into some tight space. A noun or pronoun can be used between "wedge" and "in"; often used in passive constructions. The table kept wobbling, so I wedged in a napkin under one of the legs. I was wedged in my seat for the entire performance. She wedged her hand in the opening to stop the leak.
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wedge into (something)

1. To become lodged, jammed, or stuck into some tight space. I thought the car would fit, but it ended up wedging into the narrow alleyway. The fabric got caught on the machinery and wedged into the gears.
2. To jam or lodge someone or something into some tight space. A noun or pronoun is used between "wedge" and "in"; often used in passive constructions. The table kept wobbling, so I wedged a napkin into the gap underneath one of the legs. I was wedged into my seat for the entire performance. She wedged her hand into the opening to stop the leak.
See also: wedge
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

wedge in

v.
To lodge or jam something or someone in some location: I accidently wedged my hat in the flue. The box was wedged in the crawl space.
See also: wedge
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • chalk and cheese
  • battle of the giants
  • cling together
  • come together
  • at each other's throats
  • be at each other's throats
  • two for two
  • between two fires
  • Box and Cox
  • join together
References in periodicals archive
At the end of the 3rd month, WOMAC scores were also improved in patients using 6 mm wedged insole compared to the control group.
If the calcaneus was tilted 5[degrees]-10[degrees] laterally by a wedged insole, a significant relief of pain was observed in the patients using wedged insole (6-10).
Some of these studies were long-term follow-up studies, such as Tohyama (9), who reported that 62 patients treated with analgesics and wedged insole tilted 5[degrees]-10[degrees] laterally showed significantly greater improvement in pain and walking scores than those treated with analgesics alone in a follow-up study for 7 years and 5 months to 12 years.
Sasaki (6) reported that wedged insoles were effective in the management of the knee OA, thus half of the patients who used 5[degrees] customized orthotic wedges had a decrease in pain and increased walking ability.
(17) also reported that no clinical differences were evident among the patients using laterally wedged insoles and neutrally wedged insoles evaluated by WOMAC subscales at 6 months, and that the medication consumption was lower and compliance was higher in patients with the laterally wedged insoles.
Although our study assessed the effect of wedged insole in small number of patients and within a relatively short period of time, we found significant improvement in pain and function in grade II and III knee OA patients using 6 mm wedged insole.
Effect of lateral-wedge shoe insoles on pain and function in patients with knee osteoarthritis/Diz osteoartriti olan hastalarda lateral kamali tabanlik kullaniminin agri ve fonksiyon uzerine etkisi
The concourse is sheltered by a red ribbed canopy, like a long tongue wedged into the side of the building.
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