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break up

With or without an object

End a relationship

They broke up last month.

(British) finish for the school holidays

School breaks up on Friday.

Usage

The school-term sense is British. American schools 'let out'.

With or without an object

It can be used with no object, and it can also take one. With an object it is usually separable: turn the volume up, turn it up.