part on good terms

Meaning

To 'part on good terms' means to end a relationship, friendship, or professional association in a friendly, polite, and amicable way, without lingering anger or resentment. It emphasizes mutual respect and the absence of hard feelings when two people go their separate ways.

Examples

• Even though they broke up, they managed to part on good terms and remain friends.

  Even though they broke up, they managed to part on good terms and remain friends.

• I decided to leave the company, but I'm glad we parted on good terms.

  I decided to leave the company, but I'm glad we parted on good terms.

• It is rare for business partners to part on such good terms after a major disagreement.

  It is rare for business partners to part on such good terms after a major disagreement.

• We realized we wanted different things in life, so we chose to part on good terms.

  We realized we wanted different things in life, so we chose to part on good terms.

• After a long discussion, they parted on good terms with no hard feelings.

  After a long discussion, they parted on good terms with no hard feelings.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ They parted with good terms last week.

  ✓ They parted on good terms last week.

  The correct preposition to use with 'terms' in this idiom is 'on', not 'with' or 'in'.

• ✗ We parted on a good term.

  ✓ We parted on good terms.

  The word 'terms' must always be plural in this expression.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Although the project failed, the team members managed to ___.

  💡 To end the collaboration without hard feelings.

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  part on good terms

• It's always best to ___ when leaving a job because you never know when you'll need a reference.

  💡 Keep things friendly as you leave.

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  part on good terms