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divide up

divide up verb: to divide, particularly into separate shares for distribution.

Verb

divide up (third-person singular simple present divides up, present participle dividing up, simple past and past participle divided up)

  1. (transitive) To divide, particularly into separate shares for distribution.
    • divide up the cake into 5 equal parts
    • Grace and her twin brother Gilbert (Kodi Smit-McPhee) lost their mother during birth, and their alcoholic father during their hardscrabble childhood. The pair are divided up by social services, Grace sent to one side of the continent, Gilbert to the other.2024 October 23, Jacob Oller, “Clay weepy Memoir Of A Snail crawls through a gauntlet of misery”, in AV Club
    Synonyms:
    divide

Synonyms of divide up

Forms of divide up

third-person singular presentdivides up
present participledividing up
past participledivided up
pastdivided up

Words formed from divide up

Questions about divide up

What does divide up mean?
Divide up means to divide, particularly into separate shares for distribution.
What part of speech is divide up?
Divide up is a verb.
What is the past tense of divide up?
The past tense of divide up is divided up.

Words near divide up in the dictionary

  1. divide and choose
  2. divide and conquer
  3. divide and rule
  4. Divide County
  5. divide the House
  6. divide up
  7. divided
  8. divided and conquered
  9. divided highway
  10. divided highways
  11. divided skirt

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