Phrasal Verbs
- 1to separate into smaller pieces The ship broke up on the rocks.
- 2to come to an end Their marriage has broken up. related noun breakup
- 3to go away in different directions The meeting broke up at eleven o'clock.
- 4to laugh very hard
- 5when a person who is talking on a cell phone breaks up, you can no longer hear them clearly because the signal has been interrupted
to make someone laugh very hard Woody Allen just breaks me up.
- 1to make something separate into smaller pieces; to divide something into smaller parts The ship was broken up for scrap metal. Sentences can be broken up into clauses.
- 2to end a relationship, a company, etc. They decided to break up the partnership. related noun breakup
- 3to make people leave something or stop doing something, especially by using force Police were called in to break up the fight.
to end a relationship with someone She just broke up with her boyfriend. related noun breakup