Great Divide

noun

the continental divide of North America; the Rocky Mountains.
any similar continental divide.
the passage from life to death:
He crossed the Great Divide before his promise as a poet was recognized.
an important division or difference.

Great Divide

1860–65; Americanism

After all, there is a great divide between traditionalists and non-traditionalists.

It runs twelve miles, right up to the foot of the Great Divide.

"This is about the time we come to the 'great divide,'" he said.

Meanwhile, her own care was to keep the fragile creature who was living upon hope still on this side of the Great Divide.

He has gone across the great divide that separates a subway from an underground and an elevator from a lift.

One night a prison surgeon sat by this poor pilgrim's side, and told him that his time had come to cross the great divide.

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