go their separate ways
verb1
Idiomatic Of two or more people, to cease travelling or spending time together; to depart with different destinations.
- Everybody / everyone goes their separate ways.
- […] the lease which brought about the formation of the M.S.J.A.R. came to nothing, and the two companies went their separate ways.1957 October 23, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 721:
2
Broadly, Figuratively, Idiomatic Of two or more people, to end a (romantic, professional, etc.) relationship.
- Related terms
- go one's own way