break up

break up
vt
1) (end)
to \break up up one's friendship with sb seine Freundschaft mit jdm beenden;
to \break up up a marriage eine Ehe zerstören;
to \break up up a meeting eine Versammlung auflösen [o Sitzung aufheben];
to \break up up a strike einen Streik abbrechen
2) (forcefully end)
to \break up up <-> sth etw [gewaltsam] beenden;
(dissolve) etw auflösen
3) (split up)
to \break up up <-> sth etw aufspalten;
to \break up up a cartel/a gang/a monopoly ein Kartell/eine Bande/ein Monopol zerschlagen;
to \break up up a coalition/a union eine Koalition/einen Zusammenschluss auflösen;
to \break up up a collection [or set] /family eine Sammlung/Familie auseinanderreißen;
\break up it up, you two! (fam) auseinander, ihr beiden!
4) (dig up)
to \break up up sth etw aufbrechen;
to \break up up the ground [or soil] den Boden umgraben
5) (fam);
to \break up sb up (cause laughter) jdn zum Lachen bringen;
that show really broke me up bei der Show hab ich mich wirklich totgelacht (fam)
(esp Am) (upset emotionally) jdn aus der Fassung bringen;
his wife's sudden departure broke him up completely als ihn seine Frau plötzlich verließ, ist er total zusammengebrochen vi
1) (end relationship) sich akk trennen, Schluss machen (fam)
2) (come to an end) enden; meeting sich akk auflösen; marriage scheitern, in die Brüche gehen
3) (fall apart) auseinandergehen; coalition auseinanderbrechen; aircraft, ship zerschellen;
(in air) zerbersten
4) sch schließen, aufhören;
when do you \break up up? wann beginnen bei euch die Ferien?
5) (laugh) loslachen (fam)
(esp Am) (be upset) die Fassung verlieren;
he broke up completely when his brother died er brach völlig zusammen, als sein Bruder starb

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