falling out

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falling out - a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"

severance, rupture, rift, breach, break

schism - the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences

breakup, separation, detachment - coming apart

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I hear so much about families who are forever falling out with each other, some to the extent where they haven't spoken to each other for years.

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Back seat driving or choice of radio station leads to a fifth of couples falling out. And one in five drivers has even pulled over and ordered their passenger to get out.

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"If children are falling out then we go over and we sort it out before it gets bigger," she says.