to break up

UPDATED: AUGUST 2020
  • Can be used in several different situations.  See the examples below.
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  • It can also be used as a noun.
    "The breakup of the company cost many people their jobs."

EXAMPLES:


  1. You had better break up with her soon or you will go crazy.

  2. When I broke up with my wife, I moved to China.

  3. The airliner broke up in the air killing all the passengers and crew.

  4. My Sister broke up when she heard the news about the airliner crashing.

  5. Bill broke up when I told him the joke about ESL students.

  6. The meeting broke up just after midnight.
Where do I put the pronoun

  1. break + pronoun + up  +

    He told her the joke and it broke her up!

    He broke up the fight.  He broke it up.
       
  2. break + up + pronoun   x