break up
(transitive) To break or separate into pieces.
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Am I overreacting If I break up with coworker
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Did Megan Thee Stallion Break Up With Klay Thompson? Grammy Award Winner's Bombshell Cheating Accusation Explored
If your really,really mad remember there was once an answer to the theft,it was break up the monopolies and jailing the corrupt in congress. When America still had a pair
Me: “And that is why we should break up the Union.” Them: “I just don’t think reducing the amount of scrolling you have to do to select your state in an address is worth it.”
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(transitive) To break or separate into pieces.
Break up the cheese and put it in the salad.
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(intransitive) To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.
“The best way to get over a a break up Context The shirt is a birthday gift from one my best friend. A band shirt by twenty one pilots (my favorite band right now) the drum stick are also twenty one pilots merch, and the Ben and Jerry’s… well… you know. I play drums and it’s a great outlet for me, so if anyone needs me I’ll be in my room playing recorded concerts all weekend”
— r/teenagers· May 2026“You break up the numbers, draw boxes,”
“>> Example multiply. You break up. Oh,”
“>> Example multiply. You break up. Oh,”
“You break up the numbers, draw boxes,”
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(transitive) To upset greatly; to cause great emotional disturbance or unhappiness in.
“Am I overreacting If I break up with coworker”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Column | The middle of a global energy crisis is a good time to ask yourself: Should I break up with the gas pump for good? The surge in oil prices is shifting the math for EVs in ways that may change the next car you buy.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Did Megan Thee Stallion Break Up With Klay Thompson? Grammy Award Winner's Bombshell Cheating Accusation Explored”
— Bluesky· May 2026“If your really,really mad remember there was once an answer to the theft,it was break up the monopolies and jailing the corrupt in congress. When America still had a pair”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Me: “And that is why we should break up the Union.” Them: “I just don’t think reducing the amount of scrolling you have to do to select your state in an address is worth it.””
— Bluesky· May 2026
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