cuts ties
Ends the relationship
Cuts ties means to sever a relationship or connection, ending all association with a person, group, or organization.
The image is of literal bonds being physically severed.
She cut ties with her family after the inheritance dispute.
The university cut ties with the controversial donor.
Usually implies a deliberate, often permanent break rather than a gradual drifting apart.
- breakupRomantic relationship's termination
- parting waysEnding association with another
- burning bridgesRuining relationships irreparably
- disownmentRejecting familial ties officially
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
termination · estrangement · emancipation · resignation · severance · clean break · divorce · falling out · no contact · dismissal · liberation · dissolution · alienation · nonrenewal · disengagement · excommunication · separation · walking away
cuts tiesreconciles
Resolves differences between parties
mends fences · reconnects · builds bridges · makes amends · buries the hatchet
cuts tiesjoins
Brings together, attaches
connects · affiliates · associates · integrates · bonds