cut ties
End the relationship
To cut ties is to sever a relationship or connection, usually permanently.
The image is of literally cutting ropes or bonds that hold things together.
Most often used for ending relationships with people or organizations: She cut ties with her family after the argument, The university cut ties with the controversial donor.
Sometimes appears as cut all ties for emphasis.
- break offSeparate by snapping
- break it offEnd a relationship abruptly
- severCut apart completely
- disconnectTo break a connection
- disassociateSever connection with
detach · part ways · disengage · break with · unfriend · estrangement · ghost · disown · jettison · ostracism · divorce · shunning · split · excommunication · burn bridges · part · let go · leave behind
- disconnectingdetaching, disconnect, disengaging, detach, disconnecting
- separationsseparate, split, break up, parting, sever
- quittingquit, resign, resignation, stop, end
- abandonmentabandon, abandoned, forsake, desert, leave
- independencefreedom, liberty, Independence Day, autonomy, sovereignty
- No turning backpoint of no return, Rubicon, burn bridges, all or nothing, crossed the line
cut tiesconnect
Join or link
bond · unite · join together · link up · affiliate
cut tiesreconcile
Resolve a disagreement
make amends · mend fences · reconnect · patch things up · bury the hatchet