Pair
Separate
Separate verb - To set or force apart.
Common collocations
| family | pair family | separate family |
| cast | pair cast | separate cast |
| couple | pair couple | separate couple |
| characters | pair characters | separate characters |
| Other words: hands. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- They spend most of their time trying to separate them and pair Marge with someone else (usually Artie Ziff).
Source: What Does She See in Him? -
It also dissolved the Doctor's shoes, so he has to borrow a pair of boots.The second wave of the solar tsunami, causes the Gangers to separate from the people they're being controlled by.
- Musical In the Heights features a song, "When the Sun Goes Down," about a romantic pair about to separate, and their plans on making the relationship work.
Source: When I'm Gone Song
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