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parts company

parts company is the third-person singular simple present indicative of part company.

Meaning of part company

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.

Questions about parts company

What is parts company the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Parts company is the third-person singular simple present indicative of part company.

Words near parts company in the dictionary

  1. Partridgian
  2. partridging
  3. parts
  4. parts and parcels
  5. parts brass rags
  6. parts company
  7. parts interpreter
  8. parts interpreters
  9. Parts of Holland
  10. parts of speech
  11. parts off

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