break up

== English == === Alternative forms === break-up === Pronunciation === === Verb === break up (third-person singular simple present breaks up, present participle breaking up, simple past broke up, past participle broken up) (transitive) To break or separate into pieces. (intransitive) To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart. (transitive) To upset greatly; to cause great emotional disturbance or unhappiness in. (intransitive, idiomatic) To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship. (reciprocal, intransitive) To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship with each other. (intransitive, idiomatic) To dissolve; to part. (intransitive, idiomatic) Of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term. (intransitive, telecommunications) Of a conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection; of a signal, to deteriorate. (transitive, idiomatic) To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting. (intransitive, idiomatic, figuratively) To become disorganised. (transitive) To cut or take to pieces for scrap. (transitive, intransitive, idiomatic, slang) To be or cause to be overcome with laughter. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== breakup (noun) === Noun === break up Alternative form of breakup. === Anagrams === upbreak