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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

go their separate ways en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) Of two or more people, to cease travelling or spending time together; to depart with different destinations.
    • Everybody / everyone goes their separate ways.
    • […] the lease which brought about the formation of the M.S.J.A.R. came to nothing, and the two companies went their separate ways. 1957 October 14, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 721:
  2. (broadly, figuratively, idiomatic) Of two or more people, to end a (romantic, professional, etc.) relationship.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
went their separate ways Tense=Past lexicographic
goes their separate ways Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
going their separate ways Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gone their separate ways Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

go one's own way