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Definition of split up phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

split up

phrasal verb
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split up (with somebody)
  1. to stop having a relationship with somebody
    • My parents split up last year.
    • She's split up with her boyfriend.
    • The rock group split up last year.
split somebody up
  1. to make two people stop having a relationship with each other
    • My friend is doing her best to split us up.
split somebody up | split up
  1. to divide a group of people into smaller parts; to become divided up in this way
    • We were split up into groups to discuss the question.
    • Let's split up now and meet again at lunchtime.
split something up
  1. to divide something into smaller parts
    • The day was split up into 6 one-hour sessions.
See split up in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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