Meaning of ex-partner | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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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