split up

Definitions

1. 1

   Cease to be together, break apart from the group.

   • After she left to go travelling, my girlfriend and I split up.
   • The soldiers split up into smaller squadrons to search the building.
2. 2

   separate, disassociate, cause to come apart.

   • The brothers never behaved in class when they were together, so we had to split them up for the exam.
3. 3

   Divided or separated.

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   1. 4

      Of a person

      Of a person: having long legs.

      • He should preferably be tall, weighty, well split up in the legs (especially from the hip-joint to the knee), neatly turned at the knee and ankle joints […]

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