live apart (from someone)
apart from
Except for; excluding. Apart from math, my grades are very good this semester. I love this car—apart from the price tag, of course.
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live apart (from someone)
To live in a separate location from someone with whom one formerly shared a house. My parents aren't divorced, but they've been living apart for the last few years. I just think we should live apart from each other for a while, at least until all these legal issues are resolved.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
live apart
(from someone) to live separated from a person whom one might be expected to live with. John lives apart from his wife, who has a job in another city. He lives apart, but they are still married.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
apart from
Also, aside from. Besides, except for. For example, Apart from jogging occasionally in the park, she gets no exercise, or Aside from Sunday dinner with his parents they have not gone out for months. The first term dates from the early 1600s, the variant from the early 1800s.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- apart from
- come apart
- tear a place apart
- tear apart
- tear someone/something apart
- take apart
- take someone or something apart
- take someone/something apart
- hack apart
- crumble