🇬🇧 Break up meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

“Break up” means to split into many smaller pieces. Something big can break up into many little parts, like a cookie breaking into crumbs. You can also break something up on purpose, like breaking up a chocolate bar to share it. It’s about one whole thing turning into lots of smaller pieces.

The cookie broke up in my pocket, so when I reached in, it looked like my pants were full of sand.

I watched the meteor in a video break up in the sky like fireworks that forgot to make sound.

The thin sheet of ice on the pond started to crack and break up like it was unzipping itself.

Our sandcastle broke up after a giant wave attacked it like a super-splashy monster.

A real space rock can break up when it falls through Earth’s air—so somewhere up there, a giant rock is turning into a shower of fiery rock crumbs!

A boy holds a big cookie. He drops it and it can break up on the floor. The dog runs and will break up the cookie with fast bites. The boy cries. Mum comes and will break up the many bits. She helps break up the rest to share. They break up the bits and smile.

This word is at the A2 level, which means it’s useful for simple, everyday situations. You might use it when shopping, traveling, or talking about your hobbies. Words at this level help you build confidence in practical, routine conversations.

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