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break up
- See:
- break
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| definition 1: |
to break or be broken (into pieces or sections).
To get the fire started, you need to break up those big logs.The poem breaks up into three main sections. |
| definition 2: |
to end or disperse.
Someone should break up the fight.With the spectacle over, the crowd began to break up. |
| definition 3: |
to end a romantic relationship; separate.
He wants to break up with me.The couple broke up in June. |
| definition 4: |
to lighten something intense or monotonous by means of periodic breaks or shifts in activity or mood.
To break up the three-hour seminar, refreshments were served halfway through. |
| definition 5: |
(informal) to cause laughter in (someone) or succumb to laughter.
Your impersonations break me up.I broke up when I saw her baffled expression. |
| definition 6: |
(informal) to fill with or be overcome by strong emotion.
Seeing his ex-wife really broke him up.He broke up when he first saw his grandchild. |
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