AA13

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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