| 单词 | break it up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbreak it up 4. [ < 2f.] To dissolve, disband, put an end to, give up; as in to break a regiment, gang, parliament (obsolete); to break up a house, household, housekeeping, school, an assembly. Colloquial phrase break it up: (a) imperative disperse; stop (a fight); (b) U.S. (see quot. 1946). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > a company or assembly dissever1393 parta1400 skaila1400 to break up1483 disassemble1550 dismiss1582 disband1591 unflock1611 revoke1675 break1685 bust1855 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > separate or isolate [verb (transitive)] > dissolve or break up to part companya1400 to break up1483 disband1591 break1685 society > armed hostility > peace > pacification > make peace [verb (intransitive)] > part combatants to part a fight (also fray)1533 stickle1693 break it up1936 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > applaud [phrase] > bring down the house break it up1946 1483 Act 1 Rich. III ii Many worshipful Men..were compelled by Necessity to break up their Housholds. c1500 Song in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 117 To brek upe the scole. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 12 Glad to heare the Devill is breaking up house in England, and removing somewhether else. 1721 London Gaz. No. 5977/2 They..broke up their Assembly. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. x. 159 My uncle..had..broken up his housekeeping. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 67 We fairly gave way and broke up the company. 1936 S. Kingsley Dead End ii. 113 Break it up!.. Come on, break it up!..go on home! Go on, break it up! 1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues 371 Break it up, bring the house down. 1947 ‘N. Blake’ Minute for Murder vii. 149 A policeman..forced his way..through the crowd, shouting ‘..Stand aside! Break it up!’ 1959 Encounter Aug. 28/2 If someone had stepped in and said, ‘break it up’,..all would have gone well. < as lemmas |
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