"between you and me" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} between you and me, {{en-prep phrase}} between you and me
  1. In confidence; used to impose an obligation to keep something being discussed secret. Synonyms: between ourselves, between you and I [proscribed], between you and me and these four walls, between you, me, and the bedpost Derived forms: between you, me, and the bedpost, between you, me, and the fencepost, between you, me, and the gatepost, between you, me, and the lamppost, between you, me, and the post Translations (in confidence): بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ (baynī wabaynaka) (Arabic), söz aramızda (Azerbaijani), aramızda qalsın (Azerbaijani), öz aramızdır (Azerbaijani), jen mezi námi (Czech), onder ons gezegd (Dutch), meidän kesken (Finnish), entre nous (French), entre nous soit dit (French), unter uns gesagt (German), köztünk szólva (Hungarian), köztünk legyen szólva (Hungarian), detto tra noi (Italian), арамызда қалсын (aramyzda qalsyn) (Kazakh), in camerā cāritātis (Latin), mówiąc między nami (Polish), ме́жду на́ми говоря́ (méždu námi govorjá) (Russian), eadar thusa agus mise (Scottish Gaelic), eadar mi fhìn 's tu fhèin (Scottish Gaelic), aramızda kalsın (Turkish), aramyzda galsyn (Turkmen), ہمارے درمیان (hamārē darmiyan) (Urdu), oramizda qolsin (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-between_you_and_me-en-prep_phrase-EJMSkXby Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "sense": "in confidence",
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          "sense": "in confidence",
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          "sense": "in confidence",
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          "sense": "in confidence",
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          "sense": "in confidence",
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          "sense": "in confidence",
          "word": "detto tra noi"
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          "roman": "aramyzda qalsyn",
          "sense": "in confidence",
          "word": "арамызда қалсын"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "in confidence",
          "word": "in camerā cāritātis"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in confidence",
          "word": "mówiąc między nami"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "méždu námi govorjá",
          "sense": "in confidence",
          "word": "ме́жду на́ми говоря́"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "in confidence",
          "word": "eadar thusa agus mise"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "in confidence",
          "word": "eadar mi fhìn 's tu fhèin"
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          "sense": "in confidence",
          "word": "aramızda kalsın"
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          "sense": "in confidence",
          "word": "aramyzda galsyn"
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          "roman": "hamārē darmiyan",
          "sense": "in confidence",
          "word": "ہمارے درمیان"
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          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "in confidence",
          "word": "oramizda qolsin"
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      "sense": "in confidence",
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      "sense": "in confidence",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in confidence",
      "word": "meidän kesken"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in confidence",
      "word": "entre nous"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in confidence",
      "word": "entre nous soit dit"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in confidence",
      "word": "unter uns gesagt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in confidence",
      "word": "köztünk szólva"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in confidence",
      "word": "köztünk legyen szólva"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "in confidence",
      "word": "detto tra noi"
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      "roman": "aramyzda qalsyn",
      "sense": "in confidence",
      "word": "арамызда қалсын"
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      "sense": "in confidence",
      "word": "in camerā cāritātis"
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      "sense": "in confidence",
      "word": "ме́жду на́ми говоря́"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "in confidence",
      "word": "eadar thusa agus mise"
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      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "in confidence",
      "word": "eadar mi fhìn 's tu fhèin"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in confidence",
      "word": "aramızda kalsın"
    },
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      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "in confidence",
      "word": "aramyzda galsyn"
    },
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      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "hamārē darmiyan",
      "sense": "in confidence",
      "word": "ہمارے درمیان"
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      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "in confidence",
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