Particle guide

Phrasal verbs with apart

The particle apart starts from one core idea — separated into distance, pieces, or distinct identities. Sink In groups its verbs by the recurring ways that idea plays out, so verbs that look unrelated line up into patterns.

9 phrasal verbs · 3 meaning groups

apartSeparationBreakdownDifference

The meaning map of apart

Separation

A whole opens into separate pieces, or people move away from each other.

Breakdown

When the joins fail, a system, relationship, or person falls into pieces.

Difference

Pulling things apart mentally reveals the differences between them.

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