When two people who have been ‘going steady’ or were engaged, stop going together, you might say, “I guess they ________.”
BROKE UP | 599 |
SPLIT UP | 80 |
BROKE OFF | 54 |
QUIT | 43 |
CALLED IT OFF | 40 |
BUSTED UP | 35 |
BROKE IT OFF | 31 |
CALLED IT QUITS | 30 |
AGREED TO DISAGREE | 26 |
FELL OUT | 26 |
BROKE THE ENGAGEMENT | 13 |
BROKE IT UP | 12 |
HAD A FALLING-OUT | 12 |
BROKE THEIR ENGAGEMENT | 11 |
HAVE BROKEN UP | 10 |
PARTED COMPANY | 10 |
PARTED | 9 |
LOST INTEREST | 8 |
SEPARATED | 7 |
SPLIT | 7 |
GOT TIRED OF EACH OTHER | 5 |
HAVE BROKEN OFF | 5 |
SPLIT THE BLANKET | 5 |
NR | 4 |
BROKEN OFF | 3 |
BROKEN UP | 3 |
DECIDED TO QUIT | 3 |
GAVE UP | 3 |
HAD A SPAT | 3 |
HAVE FALLEN OUT | 3 |
PLAYED OUT | 3 |
CALLED IT A DAY | 2 |
COOLED OFF | 2 |
COULDN’T AGREE | 2 |
DECIDED TO CALL IT QUIT | 2 |
DISAGREED | 2 |
HAD A FALL-OUT | 2 |
HAD A FIGHT | 2 |
HAD A MISUNDERSTANDING | 2 |
HAD IT | 2 |
HAVE QUIT | 2 |
PARTED WAYS | 2 |
SPLIT THE SHEETS | 2 |
WENT THEIR SEPARATE WAY | 2 |
WENT THEIR SEPARATE WAYS | 2 |
AGREED TO A PARTING OF THE WAYS | 1 |
AGREED TO FORGET IT | 1 |
ARE ALL DONE | 1 |
ARE ALL OFF | 1 |
ARE ALL THROUGH | 1 |
ARE DONE | 1 |
ARE NOT ENGAGED ANYMORE | 1 |
ARE ON THE OUTS | 1 |
ARE OVER THE ROCKS | 1 |
ARE QUITS | 1 |
ARE THROUGH | 1 |
ARE TIRED OF EACH OTHER | 1 |
AREN’T GROOVING ANY MORE | 1 |
BACKED OUT | 1 |
BECAME DISINTERESTED | 1 |
BREAKED UP | 1 |
BROKE BEING ENGAGED | 1 |
BROKE LOOSE | 1 |
BROKE OFF THE ENGAGEMENT | 1 |
BROKE OFF THEIR ENGAGEMENT | 1 |
BROKE OFF THEIR RELATIONSHIP | 1 |
BROKE UP THEIR FRIENDSHIP | 1 |
CALL OFF | 1 |
CALLED HER OFF | 1 |
CALLED IT | 1 |
CALLED IT A BUM DEAL | 1 |
CALLED IT QUIT | 1 |
CALLED QUITS | 1 |
CALLED THE WHOLE THING OFF | 1 |
CAME TO A PARTING OF THE WAYS | 1 |
CAME TO AN UNDERSTANDING | 1 |
CAME TO THE PARTING OF THE WAYS | 1 |
CHANGED THEIR MINDS | 1 |
CHICKENED OUT | 1 |
COULDN’T HIT IT OFF | 1 |
COULDN’T SEE EYE TO EYE | 1 |
CRACKED UP | 1 |
DECIDED IT WAS A MISTAKE | 1 |
DECIDED TO BREAK UP | 1 |
DECIDED TO CALL IT OFF | 1 |
DECIDED TO CALL IT QUITS | 1 |
DIDN’T AGREE | 1 |
DIDN’T GET ALONG | 1 |
DIDN’T HIT IT OFF | 1 |
DIDN’T WANT EACH OTHER | 1 |
DISENGAGED | 1 |
DISSOLVED PARTNERSHIP | 1 |
DISSOLVED THEIR FRIENDSHIP | 1 |
DONE BUST UP | 1 |
DONE QUIT | 1 |
DON’T SEE EACH OTHER ANYMORE | 1 |
DROPPED EACH OTHER | 1 |
DROPPED OUT | 1 |
FALLEN OUT | 1 |
FELL OFF | 1 |
FOUND OUT SOMETHING | 1 |
GIVEN EACH OTHER UP | 1 |
GOT SICK OF EACH OTHER | 1 |
GOT TIRED OF ONE ANOTHER | 1 |
GOT WISE | 1 |
GOT WISE TO EACH OTHER | 1 |
GOTTEN TIRED OF EACH OTHER | 1 |
HAD A BRAWL | 1 |
HAD A PARTING OF WAYS | 1 |
HAD A SPLIT | 1 |
HAD A SPLIT-UP | 1 |
HAD AN ARGUMENT | 1 |
HAD SECOND THOUGHTS | 1 |
HAVE BROKED OFF | 1 |
HAVE BROKEN IT OFF | 1 |
HAVE PARTED COMPANY | 1 |
HAVE QUIT FOR GOOD | 1 |
HE BROKE OFF WITH HER | 1 |
HE DROPPED HER | 1 |
IT DIDN’T WORK OUT | 1 |
IT’S ALL OFF | 1 |
LEFT EACH OTHER | 1 |
LET THEIR PATHS GO IN OTHER DIRECTIONS | 1 |
LOST INTEREST IN EACH OTHER | 1 |
MUST HAVE HAD A QUARREL | 1 |
PART IN LIFE | 1 |
PARTED COMPANY BY MUTUAL CONSENT | 1 |
PARTING OF THE WAYS | 1 |
PLAYED QUITS | 1 |
PLAYING QUITS | 1 |
QUIT EACH OTHER | 1 |
QUIT GOING TOGETHER | 1 |
QUIT SEEING EACH OTHER | 1 |
QUITS | 1 |
RESOLVED FRIENDSHIP | 1 |
SAW THE LIGHT | 1 |
SOMETHING WRONG | 1 |
SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE | 1 |
STOP BEING ENGAGED | 1 |
STOPPED SEEING EACH OTHER | 1 |
THAT’S ALL OVER | 1 |
THAT’S COOLED OFF | 1 |
THEIR INTEREST HAS COOLED | 1 |
THOUGHT BETTER OF IT | 1 |
TIRED OF EACH | 1 |
TORE THE SHEET | 1 |
WENT THEIR OWN WAY | 1 |
WENT THEIR WAYS | 1 |
WENT TO SPLITSVILLE | 1 |
WEREN’T MADE FOR EACH OTHER | 1 |
WOKE UP IN TIME | 1 |
WON’T GET MARRIED | 1 |
WORE OFF | 1 |
WOULDN’T HITCH | 1 |
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