break sth up betydelse and definition

Betydelse av break sth up på svenska

• 0 to divide into many pieces, or to divide something into many pieces:

  • The company has been broken up and sold off.

• 1 If an occasion when people meet breaks up or someone breaks it up, it ends and people start to leave:

  • The meeting broke up at ten to three.

  • I don't want to break up the party but I have to go now.

• 2 to divide, or to divide something, into smaller parts:

  • The company has been broken up and sold off.

• 3 to end, or to end something:

  • Manufacturing ceased at the factory when the original partnership broke up.