split

/splɪt/ v [I/T] (present participle splitting, past tense and past participle split)

Definition

› to divide into two or more parts, esp. along a particular line: [T] I suggest we split the profits between us. [T] The teacher split the class into three groups. [I] His pants split when he jumped the fence. › slang To split also means to leave a place: [I] The movie was boring, so I split.

(Definition of split v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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