to break up a marriage
1break up — 1) PHR V ERG When something breaks up or when you break it up, it separates or is divided into several smaller parts. [V P] Civil war could come if the country breaks up... [V P] There was a danger of the ship breaking up completely... [V P n ( …
2break something up — 1 police tried to break up the crowd: DISPERSE, scatter, disband. 2 I m not going to let you break up my marriage: WRECK, ruin, destroy. → break …
3break something up — 1) police tried to break up the crowd Syn: disperse, scatter, disband 2) I m not going to let you break up my marriage Syn: wreck, ruin, destroy …
4break something up — 1) police tried to break up the crowd Syn: disperse, scatter, disband 2) I m not going to let you break up my marriage Syn: wreck, ruin, destroy …
5break-up — break ups also breakup 1) N COUNT: usu N of n, n N The break up of a marriage, relationship, or association is the act of it finishing or coming to an end because the people involved decide that it is not working successfully. Since the break up… …
6break up — {v. phr.} To end a romantic relationship, a marriage, or a business partnership. * /Tom and Jane broke up because Tom played so much golf that he had no time for her./ …
7break up — {v.} 1. To break into pieces. * /The workmen broke up the pavement to dig up the pipes under it./ * /River ice breaks up in the spring./ 2. {informal} To lose or destroy spirit or self control. Usually used in the passive. * /Mrs. Lawrence was… …
8break up — {v. phr.} To end a romantic relationship, a marriage, or a business partnership. * /Tom and Jane broke up because Tom played so much golf that he had no time for her./ …
9break up — {v.} 1. To break into pieces. * /The workmen broke up the pavement to dig up the pipes under it./ * /River ice breaks up in the spring./ 2. {informal} To lose or destroy spirit or self control. Usually used in the passive. * /Mrs. Lawrence was… …
10break — vb Break, crack, burst, bust, snap, shatter, shiver are comparable as general terms meaning fundamentally to come apart or cause to come apart. Break basically implies the operation of a stress or strain that will cause a rupture, a fracture, a… …