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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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