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breaking up meaning

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WBreaking up

    Definition of breaking up in English Dictionary

  • VerbBFbreak upSGbreaks upPTbroke upPPbroken up
    1. present participle of break up.
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • These associated microarousals break up the normal sleep structure preventing a refreshing rest.
        • In fifty cases out of a hundred, booksellers who make grangerizing a speciality find it pays far better to break up an illustrated book than to sell it intact.
        • She didn't know what hit her when her boyfriend broke up with her.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Verbs
        • Verb forms
          • Participles
            • Present participles
      Source: Wiktionary

      Meaning of breaking up for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this idiom "breaking up" is a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
      Definiteness: Level 1
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