When two people who have been ‘going steady’ or were engaged stop going together, you might say, “I guess they ________.”
This question was slightly altered from the 1965–70 question.
| BROKE UP | 24 |
| SPLIT UP | 11 |
| CALLED IT OFF | 7 |
| CALLED IT QUITS | 7 |
| BROKE IT OFF | 6 |
| PARTED COMPANY | 4 |
| BUSTED UP | 1 |
| ENDED IT | 1 |
| ENDED THEIR RELATIONSHIP | 1 |
| HAD A FALLING-OUT | 1 |
| SPLIT | 1 |
| WEREN’T MEANT TO BE | 1 |
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