split up
End the relationship
Split up means to separate or divide.
A couple splits up when they end their relationship: They split up after ten years together.
A group splits up to cover more ground or go different directions.
You can split up tasks among team members or split up a pizza.
The phrasal verb emphasizes division into distinct parts or parties, where plain "split" might not.
Romantic relationship's termination
- separationState of being apart
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
- partingAct of leaving another
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
dissolution · goodbye · farewell · detachment · rift · disengagement · calling it quits · growing apart
breakup
Romantic relationship's termination
- separationState of being apart
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
- partingAct of leaving another
estrangement · dissolution · goodbye · farewell · detachment · rift · disengagement · calling it quits · growing apart · falling out
partition
Barrier separating spaces
subdivide · portion · carve · halve · bisect · apportion · allocate · distribute · share · ration
- relationship statussingle, married, divorced, engaged, separated
- dating slangghosting, breadcrumbing, talking, situationship, cuffing
- dividing and givingdistribute, allocate, divide, give, share
- horror tropesjump scare, final girl, haunted house, masked killer, slasher
- reorganizationreorganize, restructure, reshuffle, rearrange, realign
- took apartdismantled, disassembled, unscrewed, unbolted, deconstructed
split upget together
Informal social meeting
reconcile · get back together · reunite · make up · marry
split upcombine
Merge, or harvesting machine
join · merge · unite · consolidate · fuse
split upunite
Bring together as one
band together · come together · join forces · team up · consolidate
split, splitting, splits, splitter, splitters, splittable, split off