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splits up

splits up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of split up.

Meaning of split up

Verb

split up (third-person singular simple present splits up, present participle splitting up, simple past and past participle split up)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive, Of a group of people) Cease to be together, break apart from the group.
    • After she left to go travelling, my girlfriend and I split up.
  2. (transitive) 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.

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Questions about splits up

What is splits up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Splits up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of split up.

Words near splits up in the dictionary

  1. splits the breeze
  2. splits the difference
  3. splits the G
  4. splits the house
  5. splits the sheets
  6. splits up
  7. splitscreen
  8. splitscreens
  9. splitsies
  10. Splitsko-dalmatinska
  11. splitstree

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