split up

About 1.81 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To be divided into smaller groups or separate individuals, especially to go in different directions.

   The soldiers split up into smaller squadrons to search the building.

2. verb To cease to be in a relationship or marriage.

   After she left to go travelling, my girlfriend and I split up.

3. verb To separate two or more people.

   The brothers never behaved in class when they were together, so we had to split them up for the exam.

4. verb To divide into smaller parts.

   Let's split the project up into bite-sized tasks.

5. adjective Divided or separated.
6. adjective Of a person: having long legs.

Similar words

dissever break up fall apart break separate come apart split divide part carve up