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splitting up

splitting up is the present participle and gerund 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 splitting up

What is splitting up the present participle and gerund of?
Splitting up is the present participle and gerund of split up.

Words near splitting up in the dictionary

  1. splitting the breeze
  2. splitting the difference
  3. splitting the G
  4. splitting the house
  5. splitting the sheets
  6. splitting up
  7. splittingly
  8. splittings
  9. splittism
  10. splittist
  11. splittists

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