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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
break up
▪ I. ˌbreak ˈup derived
1. to separate into smaller pieces
• The ship broke up on the rocks.
2. to come to an end
• Their marriage has broken up.
related noun ↑break-up
3. to go away in different directions
• The meeting broke up at eleven o'clock.
4. (especially BrE)to begin the holidays when school closes at the end of a term
•When do you break up for Christmas?
5. (BrE)to become very weak
•He was breaking up under the strain.
6. (NAmE)to laugh very hard
•Woody Allen makes me just break up.
7. when a person who is talking on a mobile/cell phone breaks up, you can no longer hear them clearly because the signal has been interrupted
Main entry: ↑breakderived
▪ II. ˌbreak ˈup (with sb) derived
to end a relationship with sb
• She's just broken up with her boyfriend.
related noun ↑break-up
Main entry: ↑breakderived
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