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Idioms and Phrases
Go separate ways; also, disagree about something. For example, After they reached the park Jeff and Jane parted company , or They parted company on their views of foreign policy . [Early 1700s]Discover More
Example Sentences
Silver State casino bosses were told to part company with Cuba or face the consequences.
It becomes the duty of the historian of the Portsmouth Road to chronicle these things, but here duty and inclination part company.
Before we part company, I shall submit the blue print of that new home of the spirit.
After Pat had been rolled sufficiently he recovered but Margaret and Peter did not part company immediately.
It was not their old luxurious chamber at the Bank; but luxuries and they must part company now.
Tempest, if you are going to be kind-hearted or sympathetic to undeserving rascals, I shall have to part company with you!
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