"part company" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-part company.ogg [Australia] Forms: parts company [present, singular, third-person], parting company [participle, present], parted company [participle, past], parted company [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} part company (third-person singular simple present parts company, present participle parting company, simple past and past participle parted company)
  1. (transitive with with) To end a relationship. Translations (to end a relationship): scheiden (Dutch), divorcer (French)
    Sense id: en-part_company-en-verb-v898aKO1 Disambiguation of 'to end a relationship': 99 1
  2. (transitive with with) To separate; to go one's own way (of two or more people or things). Translations (to separate, to go one's own way): uit elkaar gaan (Dutch), ieder zijn eigen weg gaan (Dutch), se séparer (French)
    Sense id: en-part_company-en-verb-ctaPFhHp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of "to separate, to go one's own way": 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: part ways

Inflected forms

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