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dump
verb [T] (END RELATIONSHIP) /dʌmp/ informalDefinition
C2 to suddenly end a romantic relationship you have been having with someone: If he's so awful, why don't you just dump him?Ending relationships and divorce
(Definition of dump verb (END RELATIONSHIP) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a parting of the ways idiom
- affiliation order noun
- alimony noun
- annul verb
- break-up noun (END)
- bust up phrasal verb
- child support noun
- chuck verb (END)
- finish with sb phrasal verb
- forsake verb (LEAVE)
- get the push idiom
- give sb the elbow idiom
- give sb the heave-ho idiom
- part company idiom
- parting noun (SEPARATION)
- rift noun
- run out on sb/sth phrasal verb
- separate verb (RELATIONSHIP)
- separation noun
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