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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