to part ways
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3.9
- phrasal verb
- /pɑrt weɪz/
- If you must know, we decided to part ways amicably.
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Watch on YouTubeAnd this year we parted ways for amicable terms.
- And this year we parted ways for amicable terms.
- Imagine this, You and your woman decide to part ways, but there's a twist.
- And, and so and so where I part ways with Jordan.
- Like it was a good space for us to part ways.
- And as a result, we don't feel ready to part ways with it.
- The coach leader also has to part ways with people.
- So yeah, we we just parted ways and I had a little three-year break.
- If maybe you got out of like a friend group or friendships, you know, you, you parted ways.
- We've decided to part ways because we can't trust you to not upload content online.
Examples
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I believe that it is in both parties' best interest to part ways amicably.
Blog text (6) -
Or we could part ways now.
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And then they will start to part ways with Trump.
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Now, as you know, we part ways on some key points.
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Okay, this is where we part ways.
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But before we part ways... tell me one thing.
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Sometimes you need to part ways.
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Yes, they agreed to part ways
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So Total and I agreed to part ways as two professionals.
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After several discussions, the team decided to part ways and pursue their individual projects.
Synonyms
968
2.6
End a relationship with someone, for example a romantic or business partner
580
2.3
End a relationship or go separate ways
440
4.1
End a relationship with someone or something in a clear, final way
321
2.9
To move apart or stop being together
243
2.9
To separate and move in different directions after being together
165
2.7
To end a close relationship and go separate ways
9
3.9
Stop being together and take different paths in life
Antonyms
How Separated
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to leave each other and go in different directions / end an association' is directly derivable from combining 'part' (to separate) with 'ways' (routes/directions). This compositional pattern (going separate ways) is common across languages and follows a transparent motion/separation logic, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily understand it.
Etymology
Part ways comes from the picture of two people at a road who then walk away on different paths; part means to separate and ways are the paths. That's why it now means 'to leave each other' or 'to end a relationship or association'.