ex-partner

Definitions

Someone who was once a partner (any sense) but is not one any more.

Equivalents

Examples

“The wiseguy repeatedly knocked the businessman's ex-partner, who both agreed was a lazy son of a bitch and didn't hold⟳ up his end⟳ of the business.”

“What with his ex-partner having embezzled most of his detective agency right out from under him and hightailed it to parts unknown, and with Sam not having two dollars to his name⟳ at the moment, things were grim.”

“You may, for example, feel⟳ that you are angry because your ex-partner has not brought the children home on time again.”

“Not only are there many factors involved in the formation of ex-partner friendships, but these intrapersonal, dyadic, and social network factors interact in complex ways to determine⟳ the type⟳ of relationship that one has with an ex-partner.”

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