split up
informal— phrasal verb with split uk/splɪt/us/splɪt/verb present participle splitting, past tense and past participle split
B1 If two people split up, they end their relationship or marriage:
She split up with her boyfriend last week.
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split-up
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Relationships: ending & divorce
- a parting of the ways idiom
- affiliation order
- annul
- break up
- break-up
- child support
- give sb the elbow idiom
- give sb the heave-ho idiom
- give sb the push idiom
- go off with sb
- grow
- grow apart
- push
- split
- split up
- throw
- throw sb over
- tug of love
- visitation
- walk
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