break it up
End the scuffle
Break it up is a command to stop a fight or disperse a group, typically shouted by someone with authority: Break it up, you two!
Police use it to scatter crowds; teachers use it to separate scuffling students.
The phrase demands immediate cessation of whatever physical conflict or unauthorized gathering is underway.
Come between opposing sides
- intercedeIntervene on behalf
- mediateFacilitate agreement between disputants
- defuseRender harmless
- de-escalateReduce intensity of conflict
step in · calm down · cool off · restrain · separate · pull apart · quell · pacify
Separate into parts
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- segmentDistinct part of whole
- splitSeparation into parts
- detachTo separate from
disconnect · sever · disassemble · disentangle · portion · section · parse · compartmentalize
intervene
Come between opposing sides
de-escalate · step in · calm down · cool off · restrain · separate · pull apart · quell · pacify · halt
divide
Separate into parts
detach · disconnect · sever · disassemble · disentangle · portion · section · parse · compartmentalize · chunk
scatter
Distribute in random directions
fan out · clear out · go separate ways · dispel · thin out · move along · vacate · evacuate · split up · dismiss
quarrel
Angry verbal dispute
- fightPhysical or verbal conflict
- altercationHeated verbal dispute
- scuffleBrief disorderly struggle
brawl · fracas · dispute · confrontation · clash · skirmish · melee · tussle · squabble · row
- interjectionsah, hey, aha, sheesh, oh
- peacemakingnegotiation, mediation, peace agreement, mediate, pacifying
break it upgather round
come together · assemble · huddle up · group together · congregate
break it uphave at it
Invitation to begin
keep fighting · carry on · don't stop · continue · fight on
break it upcarry on
Continue doing something
keep going · keep it up · don't stop · as you were · go on
break, broken, broke, breaking, breakdown, break up, breakup, daybreak, breakable