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break up

To break or separate into pieces.
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Break up the cheese and put it in the salad.

Submitted on August 27, 2012

Additional definitions for 'break up':

break upTo break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.
break upTo end a relationship.
break upTo dissolve; to part.
break upOf a telephone conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection.
break upTo stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting.
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