Meaning of part company | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To end a relationship.
2. To separate; to go one's own way (of two or more people or things).

Equivalents

Examples

“The vines parted company with the wall as I attempted the climb, and I crashed to the ground.”

“The pair parted company and Stephen rejoined Mr Bloom who, with his practised eye, was not without perceiving that he had succumbed to the blandiloquence of the other parasite. Alluding to the encounter he said, laughingly, Stephen, that is:”

“On leaving Caernarvon, trains for Llanberis take the left-hand of the two single tracks, and run alongside the Afonwen line until they cross Morfa Bridge, where the two lines part company.”

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