split up
verb- To be divided into smaller groups or separate individuals, especially to go in different directions. · The soldiers split up into smaller squadrons to search the building.· For this activity, everyone needs to split up into pairs.
- To cease to be in a relationship or marriage. · After she left to go travelling, my girlfriend and I split up.
- To separate two or more people. · The brothers never behaved in class when they were together, so we had to split them up for the exam.
- To divide into smaller parts. · Let's split the project up into bite-sized tasks.
From the library
“Because in 1807 I dreamed of the very plan Napoleon tried to realize in 1811; because, like Machiavelli, I desired to alter the political face of Italy, and instead of allowing it to be split up into a quantity of petty principalities, each held by some weak or tyrannical ruler, I sought to form one large, compact, and powerful empire; and, lastly, because I fancied I had found my Cæsar Borgia in a crowned simpleton, who feigned to enter into my views only to betray me.
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