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Phrase(s): hover between something and something else
1. Lit. to float or hang between things. • The helicopter hovered between the buildings and lowered a rescue chair. • The hummingbird hovered between the blossoms, sipping from one and then the other. 2. Fig. to waver between choosing one thing and another. • I hovered between chocolate and vanilla. • Uncle Jed hovered between life and death for days.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs