breaking off (with)

verb

present participle of break off (with)
as in dumping
to end a usually intimate relationship with sincerely wants to break off with him without hurting his feelings

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breaking off (with)
  1. dumping
  2. leaving
  3. blowing off
  4. ditching
Verb
  • The days of dumping out your water bottle before airport security could be numbered.
    — Eve Chen, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Tax-loss selling for retail investors Mutual funds aren't the only investors who can benefit from dumping their losers as the end of the year approaches.
    — Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of dumping
Verb
  • But Rubio’s absence isn’t leaving him with a blemish on his image.
    — Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Bergvall won multiple player of the year awards in his first season in English football after leaving Sweden at only 18.
    — Jay Harris, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of leaving
Verb
  • Ricky obeys, blowing off plans to watch game tape with Russ, out of disguise.
    — Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Roughly an hour later, a powerful explosion ripped through the building, blowing off exterior walls and exposing its steel framework.
    — Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of blowing off
Verb
  • Cate Blanchett is ditching her signature platinum-blonde bob—temporarily.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 4 Sep. 2026
  • As for how Jason’s family would react to him ditching his signature beard, his wife, Kylie Kelce, recently responded to a listener who asked how their four daughters might react to him shaving off his beard on her Not Gonna Lie podcast.
    — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of ditching
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