(intransitive) to go downhill, to go down the drain, to go awry, to go pear-shaped

(intransitive) drift, go adrift

(figuratively) to leave without further ado, to leave without a murmur, to take to one's heels

(informal, figuratively, of a thing) to be all over the place / (informal, figuratively, of a person) to be all over the place, to be all over the shop, to spread oneself thin

slow and steady wins the race; more haste, less speed

first-person singular future of partir

third-person plural past historic of partir