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Synonyms

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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A 28-year-old White House lawyer named John Roberts—now the chief justice of the Supreme Court—wrote a memo for his bosses that agreed in part with the Carter administration position.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Australia's wealthiest person Gina Rinehart must part with some of her riches, a court has ruled in a high-profile dispute over her mining empire.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

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

Truth be told, he would have been loath to part with Wun Wun.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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