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piggy in the middle
nounDefinition
› [U] UK a game in which two people throw a ball to each other over the head of a person who stands between them and tries to catch itChildren's games › [C usually singular] someone who is in a difficult situation because they know two people who are arguing and they do not want to become involvedArguing and disagreeing
(Definition of piggy in the middle noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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