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split up

Date: Aug 19 2010

Quote

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“My wife and I were talking about splitting up, but neither of us wants to take the children. That’s our joke.”

- Actor Jerry O’Connell on raising twin daughters. (People)

Definition

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break up; end a relationship

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

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A split can be a good thing or a bad thing. If you split a piece of cake, you take part of the slice and someone else takes another part. That’s good. If you split the bill with someone, you each pay a portion of the check at a restaurant. That’s OK, too.

But when a couple splits up, they go their separate ways. They end their relationship, or break up. That’s not so good.

The actor Jerry O’Connell and his model wife, Rebecca Romijn, have twin toddler girls. He says that raising twins is really hard. He even jokes that he and his wife would split up if only they could agree on who would take the kids, since neither of them would want to keep them! Since there are two of them, one solution would be to split up the girls. Then each parent could take one kid. And one toddler has to be better than two.

Have you ever split up with someone? What made you end the relationship?

Examples

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“Annie decided to split up with her boyfriend when she found out he had cheated on her.”

“I can’t believe Ellen and Tom split up; I thought they would be together forever.”

“Splitting up is always hard no matter why it happens.”

Winners

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	To get separated, get divorced. If two people split up, or if someone or something splits them up, they end their relationship or marriage. by zeus2006
	Divorce by becmoon
	break up, divorce, separate by DecapitatedLucia
	to get a divorce by -Tiago-
	it means to get seperate, or to get divorce in order to get seperate from each other. by cherry sweet
	It means "end of a relationship" by crumarina
	When peoples want end a relationship or marriage with each other. by Mostafa5
	to cut off relationships by chomo
	to separate by zeinabou
	break up, end a relationship by Gellerke
	Break a marriage, divorce by Gucci Yeung
	to split up in this sentence means to divorce by monacovalentina
	get a divorce by why not ?!

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rosendo

Mexico

i live with some friends and we split up the duties of the house , pay the rent , everything inside the house …
talking abt a relationship when u split someone up is maybe bcs u are sick of she or the love left.

mary888

Jordan

Ive split up once but Im still into him… I wish for him a happy life

Kotisha

Russian Federation

When a couple has lots of problems, don`t love each other any more usually they decide to split up! Sometimes one of the couple himself/herself decides to end a relationship. Maybe he or she had found someone, who he fell in love…

But in many cases it`s very difficult for people to overcome a divorce…

as for me, several times I ended relationships with my ex-boyfriends…and really it was very difficult for me, I needed time to forget them….

fikas

Azerbaijan

Hi everybody.I wanna dont want that who married and end split up.Especially in Europe to split up is ordinary.But in my life to split up is tragedy.I cannot imagine to split up.I wish happiness everybody.

suse

Iraq

i can imagine how hard is to split up with some one who is dear to you or atleast was near to you once in a time .. but still the both has to head off straight with their life -

"" btw i hv never been into these kind of break up stuff "" but still i said i can imagine :p :D

Jodikl

France

Split up means end relationships or marriage. For example : My friend and her husband are splitting up after 15 years of marriage.

seljukian

Turkey

to end a relationship

Yekoglan

Azerbaijan

I think it means break down relationships or marriage

chauphungn

United States

"splitting up is hard no matter why it happens", i agree, it's a good quote

Marcelolic

Brazil

When a relationship is going bad the best thing for both is really split up 'cause insisting in a bad relationship is silliness!

Zaccarias

Brazil

As a pastor I need to say that marriage is forever. Only the death can split them. But we can't wait for a Christian behavior if they aren't believers.

Gucci Yeung

China

I'm just to say, poor kids…

abdi samed

Somalia

it means to get divorce or get seperate becouse off misunderstanding I guess its big misfortune to break up the marriage….. I can say " my best friend and I were split up when someone told him/her unexisting things about him/her as a gossip so that, now we can,t even look face-to-face let along to talk" is this example fun or not. .... if there are some mistakes in my example no matter I gonna test how I figure out this alert slang. ......

An-china

Germany

Split up means to forget someone.-To start a new life,it's not a bad thing in someway.

If we're tired to get touch with somebody,just split up.It's good for each other,in my opinion.

Judy_china

China

Break up

sam_moh

Yemen

the most importance is to keep up with your couple and get along with too , the nice life is to have a harmony with who u love , as for me till I've passed that way once not that far ago it's closer but I can accept it in the end as destiny , that what made me end the relationship is that my partner dislikes me :( poor love which is from one side and poor the victim of that , the wiser who accepts All as it comes if there would not be any solution thereafter :) hope I will not pass that try sooner , I adore endless entire relationship exactly with holly contract ( Marriage) :)