us and them

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us and them — idiom

1. a way of describing a situation where two groups feel separated from each other,

1.idiom
Definition

a way of describing a situation where two groups feel separated from each other, often with a lack of understanding or trust between them

Example

There has always been a sense of us and them between the factory workers and the management team.

When the school merged with a college across town, a strong us-and-them attitude developed among the students on both sides.