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
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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