part ways

See also: partways

English

Verb

part ways (third-person singular simple present parts ways, present participle parting ways, simple past and past participle parted ways)

  1. To go in different directions.
    The two friends parted ways at the intersection.
  2. (figurative, by extension) To end a relationship; to pursue a certain choice, course of action, etc. in a way that alienates or reduces communication with a partner.
    • 2026 January 22, Cade Metz, Kalley Huang, Mike Isaac, quoting Mira Murati, “The A.I. Start-Up Soap Opera Riveting Silicon Valley”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 January 2026:
      A relationship that Mr. [Barret] Zoph had with a Thinking Machines employee became public, and Ms. [Mira] Murati — who posted a public message about having “parted ways” with Mr. Zoph — has faced questions over her reasons for firing him and the state of the company.

Translations

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.