same as split
to end a marriage or a sexual or romantic relationship
to separate someone from the person or people that they are with
"I smiled, then I said," Did Art ever tell you you were the reason we split up ?
Her parents split up a few months ago.
I had to split them up because they wouldn’t stop messing around.
Posy and Lola, with much eye contact, decided to split up and go for either end of the bar.
She was due to fly to Barcelona with her mum; their first holiday together since she and Julie's dad split up.
Split up into four groups.
splits up
splitting up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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