go separate ways

“He tried to come here, I tried to go there, but it didn’t really work out. But I think it’s good for us to go separate ways maybe. I would love to be with him on the same team but I don’t think it’s something that’s necessary.”

“I wanted to stay to make things right with you guys. I didn’t want to leave on the note that I did,” Gooden told the fans, “Unfortunately, they thought it was best that we go separate ways. I was lucky enough to stay in New York, play with the New York Yankees for two years, ‘96 and ’97.”

An increasingly popular strategy is to have visitors and the faithful go separate ways — with services held in discrete places, visits barred at worship times, or altogether different entry queues.

“We are so grateful for the past 17 years. I have learned so much in and out of that ring. I’ve traveled all over the world. I have an incredible fandom from over 146 countries. ... And sometimes you come to this part of your life where you’re like, ‘Let’s go separate ways.’

Marc Fisher quoted Clinton administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich describing the United States heading toward a “mutual decision to go separate ways on most things” while retaining the union for things such as national defense, monetary policy and basic civil rights.