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part with

Idioms  

  1. Give up, let go of, relinquish, as in Janice hated to part with her cat, but the landlord wouldn't allow pets. [Mid-1300s]

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But if you feel that you must, make sure you don’t lend more than you can afford to part with.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

In 2024, Palantir — founded in part with CIA seed funding and built from the start around government intelligence work — stepped into the space Google vacated.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

That measure is credited in part with fueling the growth of social-media companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

“The part with my dad that was hard was sending him the book in August and saying ‘Dad, this is going to be really painful.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

I started back behind the barn, in the part with all the big trees and acorns.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones

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