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Split up   /splɪt əp/   Listen
Split up

noun
1.
An increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity.  Synonyms: split, stock split.
verb
1.
Get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage.  Synonym: divorce.
2.
Separate into parts or portions.  Synonyms: carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split.  "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
3.
Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways.  Synonyms: break, break up, part, separate, split.  "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage" , "My friend and I split up"
4.
Become separated into pieces or fragments.  Synonyms: break, come apart, fall apart, separate.  "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"






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"Split up" Quotes from Famous Books



... individuals similarly circumstanced are the same (with some trifling exceptions—all in favour of Ireland) in whatever quarter of the United Kingdom the individual resides. But the case is wholly different when a proposal is made to split up the State into its constituent parts. It then becomes necessary to inquire if there is any prospect that the constituent parts will have resources sufficient for the various services, commitments and ...
— Against Home Rule (1912) - The Case for the Union • Various

... When the great Mangu Khan died in 1259, one empire lay spread across Asia and Europe, from the Yellow River to the Danube. There had been nothing like it in the world before, and there was nothing like it again, until the Russian Empire of modern times. By 1268 it was beginning to split up into the four kingdoms of China, central Asia, Russia, and Persia, but still it was one people. Now, the attitude of the West to the Tartars at this time was very interesting. At first it feared them as a new scourge of God, like Attila and his Huns; ...
— Medieval People • Eileen Edna Power

... "Split up all troopers named Clay Ferguson," Kelly said disgustedly, "and use them for firewood—especially the heads. They say that hardwood burns long and leaves a fine ash. And that's ...
— Code Three • Rick Raphael

... of the School had split up into sections, each section making for its own House, and Merevale's was already in sight, when Harrison felt himself grasped from behind. He turned, ...
— Tales of St. Austin's • P. G. Wodehouse

... the wind was still blowing hard. When I went on deck in the morning, I found that the mainsail had been split up the middle, and carried away with a loud bang to sea. The ship was now under mizen-topsail, close-reefed main-topsail, and fore-topsail and foresail, no new mainsail having been bent. The sea was a splendid sight. Waves, like low ...
— A Boy's Voyage Round the World • The Son of Samuel Smiles


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