Break up meaning
Break up is a phrasal verb with 3 meanings. One of them is for a marriage or romantic relationship to end.
- Past simple
- broke up
- Past participle
- broken up
- -ing form
- breaking up
What break up means
romantic relationship endsB1
For a marriage or romantic relationship to end
The couple broke up after moving to different cities.
2 more meanings of break up are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With break: break off, break out, break down, break into.
With up: wake up, pick up, grow up, line up, make up, set up, put up, go up, bring up, mess up.
Common questions
What does break up mean?
It has 3 meanings. One of them is for a marriage or romantic relationship to end. The other 2, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of break up?
Broke up. The past participle is broken up.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
