(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.
It broke up when it hit the ground.
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(transitive) To upset greatly; to cause great emotional disturbance or unhappiness in.
She broke up with her boyfriend last week.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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