break (sth) up

— phrasal verb with break

/breɪk/ verb (broke, broken)

Definition

› 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.Causing something to endComing to an end

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