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- she gave him a parting gift to remember her by
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parting
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of parting (Entry 2 of 3)
- although their parting was sad, they knew they would see each other again
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- everyone waved goodbye at his parting
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parting
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of parting (Entry 3 of 3)
- after traveling together for three weeks, we parted at Rome
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- parted with great ceremony but with little preparation for the dangers that lay ahead
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- bailing,
- bailing out,
- booking
- [slang],
- buggering off
- [British slang],
- bugging off,
- bugging out,
- buzzing (off),
- clearing off
- [chiefly British],
- clearing out,
- cutting out,
- departing,
- digging out,
- exiting,
- getting,
- getting off,
- going,
- going off,
- moving,
- packing (up or off),
- peeling off,
- piking (out or off),
- pulling out,
- pushing off,
- pushing on,
- quitting,
- running along,
- sallying (forth),
- scarpering
- [British],
- shoving (off),
- stepping (along),
- taking off,
- vamoosing,
- walking out
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- absconding,
- decamping,
- escaping,
- evacuating,
- fleeing,
- flying,
- getting out,
- mizzling
- [chiefly British],
- running away,
- scatting,
- scramming,
- skipping
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- parted the prongs with pliers
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- before I part, I hope I have the opportunity to say my good-byes
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- checking out,
- conking (out),
- croaking
- [slang],
- deceasing,
- demising,
- departing,
- dropping,
- dying,
- ending,
- exiting,
- expiring,
- falling,
- flatlining,
- going,
- kicking in
- [slang],
- kicking off
- [slang],
- passing away,
- passing (on),
- pegging out
- [chiefly British],
- perishing,
- popping off,
- stepping out,
- succumbing
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- biting the dust,
- buying it
- (or buying the farm),
- giving up the ghost,
- kicking the bucket,
- snuffing it
- [British]
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“Parting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parting. Accessed 24 Oct. 2021.
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