to separate into smaller pieces
Example:
- The ship broke up on the rocks.
to go away in different directions
Example:
- The meeting broke up at eleven o'clock.
to begin the holidays when school closes at the end of a term
Example:
- When do you break up for Christmas?
to become very weak
Example:
- He was breaking up under the strain.
to laugh very hard
Example:
- She's so funny she just breaks me up.
when a person who is talking on a mobile phone breaks up, you can no longer hear them clearly because the signal has been interrupted