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break up
/bɹˈeɪk ˈʌp/
/bɹˈeɪk ˈʌp/
to break up
[VERB] MAIN VERB
[phrase form: break]
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to experience poor or interrupted communication, typically over a distance, due to a weak or unstable signal, causing it to become difficult to hear or see
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*** if an occasion when people meet [e.g. meeting pantry] breaks op, or if someone breaks it up, it ends and people start to leave
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to intervene in a physical or verbal disagreement and separate the individuals involved in order to stop the conflict or argument
Examples
1. The book dealer would not break up the set.
2. She had to break up with him because they wanted different things.
3. I immediately broke up with my boyfriend when I found out that he was cheating on me.
4. John still carries a torch for Mary, even though they broke up years ago.
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