partingadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈpɑː.tɪŋ/us/ˈpɑːr.t̬ɪŋ/done while leaving or separating:
a parting glance/remark
See also
parting shot
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Departing
- abandon
- absquatulate
- backward
- be ready to roll idiom
- bog
- desertion
- drive
- go down
- hit
- piss
- push along
- push off
- ready
- road
- run
- run away
- sally
- walk off (somewhere)
- walk out
- without (so much as) a backward glance idiom
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partingnoun
uk/ˈpɑː.tɪŋ/us/ˈpɑːr.t̬ɪŋ/parting noun (SEPARATION)
[ C or U ] a time when you are separated from another person, often for a long time:
They'd had an amicable parting.
The pain of parting had lessened over the years.
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Relationships: ending & divorce
- a parting of the ways idiom
- affiliation order
- annul
- break up
- break-up
- child support
- give sb the elbow idiom
- give sb the heave-ho idiom
- give sb the push idiom
- go off with sb
- grow
- grow apart
- push
- split
- split up
- split up
- throw
- throw sb over
- tug of love
- visitation
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parting noun (HAIR)
[ C ] UK US part a line on someone's head made by brushing the hair in two different directions:
a centre/side parting
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Hairstyles
- barnet
- blowout
- bob
- bun
- bunch
- close-cropped
- coiffed
- comb-over
- cornrow
- crew cut
- fauxhawk
- flattop
- fringe
- loose
- pageboy
- permanent wave
- pigtail
- ponytail
- quiff
- shake
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Idiom(s)
a parting of the ways