break up
Dictionary
verb
- To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.
"It broke up when it hit the ground."
- To end a relationship.
"She broke up with her boyfriend last week."
- To end a relationship with each other.
"Jane and Stephen broke up."
- To dissolve; to part.
"The meeting finally broke up after a three-hour discussion."
- Of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term.
- Of a telephone conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection.
"You're breaking up. Can you repeat that?"
- To break or separate into pieces.
"Break up the cheese and put it in the salad."
- To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting.
"The police came in to break up the disturbance."
- Become disorganised
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