break up

Phonetics

verb

To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.
Example: It broke up when it hit the ground.
To end a relationship.
Example: She broke up with her boyfriend last week.
To end a relationship with each other.
Example: Jane and Stephen broke up.
To dissolve; to part.
Example: 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.
Example: You're breaking up. Can you repeat that?
To break or separate into pieces.
Example: Break up the cheese and put it in the salad.
To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting.
Example: The police came in to break up the disturbance.
Become disorganised

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