part company

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To end a relationship
to separate; go their own way

The pair parted company and Stephen rejoined Mr Bloom who, with his practised eye, was not without perceiving that he had succumbed to the blandiloquence of the other parasite. Alluding to the encounter he said, laughingly, Stephen, that is:.

separate, say goodbye, leave
part company with
go away from, leave