phrasal verb

Break up

Rank #183Letter BInseparable

2Sections

Break into many pieces

Meanings

  • Break into many pieces (separable [optional], International English)
  • Close an educational institution for the holidays (intransitive, International English)
  • Finish a relationship (intransitive, International English)
  • Become inaudible over the telephone because of interference (intransitive, International English)

Examples

  • The old chair's BREAKING UP.
  • My life is BREAKING UP.
  • Everything started to BREAK UP.

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