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part out

B2 informal separable transitive
In simple words

To take apart a car or machine and sell all the pieces one by one.

Literal meaning: To separate something into its parts and distribute them outward.

Meanings

1 B2 informal

To dismantle a vehicle or machine and sell each component individually rather than as a whole unit.

"The car was too damaged to repair, so he decided to part it out on an online marketplace."

Grammar: separable
2 C1 idiomatic informal

(computing/business, informal) To break a larger system, codebase, or organisation into separate components and sell or distribute them independently.

"After the acquisition fell through, they decided to part out the company's assets to different buyers."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

Primarily used in North American English in the context of cars, motorcycles, and machinery. Common in automotive classifieds and forums. 'I'm parting out my old pickup' is a typical usage.

Commonly used with

car truck motorcycle vehicle machine project car

Forms

Base
part out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
parts out
he/she/it
Past simple
parted out
yesterday
Past participle
parted out
have + pp
-ing form
parting out
continuous

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