parting ways
Going different directions
Parting ways describes the act of separating or going in different directions, either literally or figuratively.
Two friends might part ways at an intersection, each heading home.
More often the phrase signals the end of a relationship or association: The company and its CEO parted ways after the scandal.
The expression carries a sense of finality and mutual acknowledgment that paths will no longer be shared.
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
- saying goodbyeAct of parting words
- breakupRomantic relationship's termination
- separationState of being apart
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
farewell · wave · dissolution · call it quits · split · letting go · turn the page · end of the road · ship has sailed · so long · rift · leave-taking · disunion · uncoupling · adios · alienation · divergence · falling out
- breakupsbreakup, breaking up, dumped, dumping, it's over
- disconnectingdetaching, disconnect, disengaging, detach, disconnecting
- farewellsgoodbye, farewell, bye, adieu, bye-bye
parting wayscoming together
Act of assembling
uniting · reuniting · joining forces · teaming up · meeting
parting waysseeing eye to eye
Being in agreement
finding common ground · reconciling · making up · coming to terms · aligning
parting wayssticking together
holding together · hanging in there · reconciling · making up
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