part company
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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]
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Words nearby part company
part, part. adj., partake, partan, part and parcel, part company, parted, parted per tierce, partera, parterre, part exchange
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