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  • Definition
    • break up :to cause to separate and go in different directions
      • She waved her hand and scattered the crowds

    • break up :discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
      • The business partners broke over a tax question|The couple separated after 25 years of marriage|My friend and I split up

    • break up :come apart
      • the group broke up

    • break up :make a break in
      • We interrupt the program for the following messages

    • break up :cause to go into a solution
      • The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water

    • break up :destroy the completeness of a set of related items
      • The book dealer would not break the set

    • break up :set or keep apart
      • sever a relationship

    • break up :attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
      • Pick open the ice

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