drive a wedge between sb

Definition

to damage the good relationship that two people or groups of people have

It would be silly to let things which have happened in the past drive a wedge between us now.

(Definition of drive a wedge between sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

If a problem preys on your mind, you think about it and worry about it a lot

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