part with

phrasal verb

parted with; parting with; parts with
: to give up possession or control of (something)
He hated to part with that old car.

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The image appears to have been doctored, recruited into Trump’s own semiotic sleight of hand—reducing a person to a body part and then stamping that body part with a sign of evil. Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2025 On top of creating new safety standards to stop the sale of raw chicken and chicken parts with salmonella, the new rule also would have overhauled safety procedures and testing in slaughterhouses to prevent contamination. David Matthews, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025 Premium picks tough to part with Gutekunst traded up in the first round for cornerback Jaire Alexander (No. 18) in 2018. Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025 However, the worse the prison’s conditions become — as the workers are forced to slave away on secret Death Star parts with no promise of release — the more Kino is pushed to join Cassian and his brewing prisoner revolt. Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for part with

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“Part with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/part%20with. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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