part with

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part with (third-person singular simple present parts with, present participle parting with, simple past and past participle parted with)

  1. To let go of; to give up; to relinquish.
    I really love this new stereo system but I'm not willing to part with the cash to buy it.
    • a. 1687, Edmund Waller, To the Mutable Fair:
      Celia, for thy sake, I part / With all that grew so near my heart.
    • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see part,‎ with.
      But they always parted with an increased regard for one another.

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