break off (with)

as in to leave
to end a usually intimate relationship with sincerely wants to break off with him without hurting his feelings

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  • What's left is rosemary, a spice that many, many people already have in their kitchen, or maybe even growing like an angry weed in their backyard.
    Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 18 May 2025
  • What is left of the two helicopters — which were revealed to be Robinson R-44 models — have been sent to the city of Turku for investigation, according to the Estonia outlet.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 18 May 2025
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  • Compost it or dump it in the trash in a sealed bag, but never put the starter—or sourdough dough for that matter—down the drain.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 May 2025
  • When the beating ended, the group loaded Ortiz into the bed of a pickup truck and dumped him in a ditch, the station reported.
    Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 May 2025
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  • After ditching his family game night, Justin attends a party with his best friend Darius (Niles Fitch) and crosses paths with Keisha for the first time since elementary school.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 May 2025
  • In this edition…OpenAI ditches those for-profit transition plans…Google is giving children under 13 access to its chatbot…and 250 CEOs are proposing computer science and AI be required curriculum for a K-12 education.
    Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 6 May 2025
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  • After going into halftime tied with the Tatum-less Celtics, the Knicks had the doors blown off in the third quarter en route to a massive Boston win.
    The Athletic NBA Staff, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • Watching pretty women getting their clothes blown off by a gun shapes how boys view the world and their place in it.
    Sarah Scott, Parents, 9 May 2025
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“Break off (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/break%20off%20%28with%29. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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