apart
adverb /əˈpɑːt/
/əˈpɑːrt/
Idioms - separated by a distance, of space or time
- The two houses stood 500 metres apart.
- Their birthdays are only three days apart.
- (figurative) The two sides in the talks are still a long way apart (= are far from reaching an agreement).
- not together; separate or separately
- We're living apart now.
- Over the years, Rosie and I had drifted apart.
- She keeps herself apart from other people.
- I can't tell the twins apart (= see the difference between them).
- into pieces
- The whole thing just came apart in my hands.
- When his wife died, his world fell apart.
- Within minutes the ship began to break apart.
- We had to take the engine apart.
- used to say that somebody/something is not included in what you are talking about
- Victoria apart, not one of them seems suitable for the job.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin a parte ‘at the side’.
Idioms
be poles apart
- to be widely separated; to have no interests that you share
- Her own friends were poles apart from his.
- In temperament, she and her sister are poles apart.
be worlds apart
- to be completely different in attitudes, opinions, etc.
- Although they are twins, they are worlds apart in their attitude to life.
joking apart (British English)joking aside (British English, North American English)
- used to show that you are now being serious after you have said something funny
rip somebody/something apart/to shreds/to bits, etc.
- to destroy something; to criticize somebody very strongly
- countries ripped apart by fighting
- The dog had ripped a cushion to shreds.
Extra Examples- The hounds fell on the fox and ripped it apart.
- She'll rip you to pieces if you try to keep her cub from her.