split up

— Phrasal Verb with split

/splɪt/ verb (present participle splitting, past tense and past participle split)

Definition

› If two people split up, they end their relationship: She split up with her boyfriend.

(Definition of split up from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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