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part company

part company verb: to end a relationship.

Verb

part company (third-person singular simple present parts company, present participle parting company, simple past and past participle parted company)

  1. To end a relationship.
  2. To separate; to go one's own way (of two or more people or things).
    • 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:Episode 16

Forms of part company

third-person singular presentparts company
present participleparting company
past participleparted company
pastparted company

Questions about part company

What does part company mean?
Part company means to end a relationship.
What part of speech is part company?
Part company is a verb.
What is the past tense of part company?
The past tense of part company is parted company.

Words near part company in the dictionary

  1. Part A state
  2. part and parcel
  3. Part B state
  4. part brass rags
  5. Part C state
  6. part company
  7. part exchange
  8. part exchanged
  9. part exchanges
  10. part exchanging
  11. part in parcel

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