break up
Compound Verb
Basic sense
- To divide something solid into parts; reduce something to pieces
or fragments.
Extended senses
- To separate or disband, as a school at the end of term, etc.
- To cut up a fowl or other game bird as preparation for cooking or eating.
- Colloquial. To collapse with laughter.
- To put an end to; to discontinue, as in: break up a meeting.
- To end a marriage or other similar monogamous relationship.
Noun senses