part company

Idioms  

1. 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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Example Sentences

But for now, he wondered if this was where he would part company with Handsome or whether he could coax the musk ox into continuing on as one half of their exploring team.

From Literature

I, as your narrator, am already feeling the coming separation when we will part company.

From Literature

Tomlin spent the better part of the month engulfed in speculation as to whether or not he and Pittsburgh were ready to part company.

From The Wall Street Journal

However, the comments were also met with cool heads, and the plan remained to conduct an end-of-season review to decide whether to move forward or part company with Maresca.

From BBC

They were, however, bottom of the top flight when Watford decided to part company with him, and bring back Quique Sanchez Flores for a second spell in charge, a decision which backfired as he only lasted three months.

From BBC

Related Words

• break
• disband
• divide
• isolate
• open
• rip
• rive
• separate
• sever
• splinter
• tear