estranged from

estranged from (one)

No longer having a relationship with someone, often due to hostilities. They had such an ugly divorce that Dave is now estranged from his ex-wife. What happened between Molly and her mother? How long have they been estranged from each other?
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*estranged from someone

to be alienated from someone. (*Typically: be ~; become ~.) Toward the end, they were estranged from each other, so a separation was perfectly natural. She had been estranged from her husband for a number of years.
See also: estrange
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
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  • have (sexual) relations (with someone)
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  • sexual
References in classic literature
And in all probability you will see your brother, and whatever may be his faults, or the faults of his wife, when I consider whose son he is, I cannot bear to have you so wholly estranged from each other."
Sense and Sensibility
The mere suggestion of my departure had estranged from me, for the time at least, Mehevi, who was the most influential of all the chiefs, and who had previously exhibited so many instances of his; friendly sentiments.
Typee
The accession of wealth made no difference in his habits of life: he was a lonely old man, estranged from his other relatives, when my mother and I returned to England.
The Two Destinies
Possessed of a fortune, h e was alone in the world; his futu re destroyed at the fair outset of life; his mother and brother estranged from him; his sister lately married, with interests and hopes in which he had no share.
He was totally estranged from his mother and his elder brother.
No Name
West College Scotland has become the UK's first college to take a pledge to support students who become estranged from their family during their studies.
College to offer support to estranged family students
IN Gran Torino (Channel 5, tomorrow, 9pm) tomorrow, 9pm) Clint Eastwood, right, puts in a moving right, puts in a moving performance as performance as Walt Kowalski, a lonely widower estranged from lonely widower estranged from his grasping family.
WATCH IT
IN Gran Torino (Gran Torino (Channel 5, tomorrow, 9pm) tomorrow, 9pm) Clint Eastwood, right, puts in a moving right, puts in a moving performance as performance as Walt Kowalski, a lonely widower estranged from lonely widower estranged from his grasping family.
WATCH IT
We told last week how Mel became estranged from Andrea, her dad Martin and sister Danielle in 2008 when she and Stephen renewed their wedding vows.
Mel B mum: Let's heal rift; She reaches out with loving tweets
Despite the pain of being estranged from a parent, in some cases it's the loss of a parent that might actually prove invaluable to helping you succeed in later life.
Abandoned to success; Being estranged from your parents causes heartbreak, but might also spur you on to success..
The incident took place in July in the town of Warren when his wife of 39 years, who was estranged from him, stayed at his home.
US man jailed for assaulting wife with penis after she refused him sex
Mr Burton Race, 50, is estranged from 42 year-old wife Kim, and is living in the Devon village of Strete with partner Suzi Ward, 40, and their two year-old son.
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presidents, Adams was a patrician elitist, estranged from the land of the patriarchs.
Mirror To America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin
Najeeb is from the tribal area on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan, estranged from his family, and working as Kelly's "fixer," translator and guide and fixer of problems that an American correspondent is likely to run into.
Fesperman, Dan. The Warlord's Son, A Novel
Last week it was revealed that she is also estranged from her father, veteran actor Jon Voight, after he claimed she was suffering "serious mental problems".
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