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split 1, verb (oh)



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1 ?disagree?
2 ?separate into parts?
3 ?break or tear?
4 ?share?
5 ?injure?
6 ?end relationship?
7 ?leave?
8 split hairs
9 split the difference
10 split your sides
Phrasal verbs
split off
split on somebody
split up
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[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Dutch; Origin: splitten]
?DISAGREE?
[I and T] if a group of people splits, or if it is split, people in the group disagree strongly with each other and the group sometimes divides into separate smaller groups
::It was feared that the issue would split the church.
be split on/over sth
::The party is split over the issue of immigration.
::The government appears deeply split on this issue.
split from
::The Pan-Africanist Congress split from the ANC in 1959.
split sth in two/down the middle
::The war has split the nation in two.
?SEPARATE INTO PARTS?
also split up
[I and T] to divide or separate something into different parts or groups, or to be divided into different parts or groups
split into
::Can you split into groups of three now?
split sth into sth
::The book is split into six sections.
?BREAK OR TEAR?
[I and T] if something splits, or if you split it, it tears or breaks along a straight line
::The branch split under their weight.
::One of the boxes had split open .
split (sth) in two/half
::The board had split in two.
:: Split the pineapple down the middle .
?SHARE?
[T] to divide something into separate parts and share it between two or more people
split sth between sb/sth
::Profits will be split between three major charities.
split sth with sb
::He agreed to sell the car and split the proceeds with his brother.
split sth three/four etc ways
(=share something between three, four etc people or groups)
::The money will have to be split three ways.
::We agreed to split the cost .
?INJURE?
[T] to make someone's head or lip have a cut in it, as a result of a fall or hit
::She fell against a table and split her lip .
::The force of the blow nearly split his head open .
?END RELATIONSHIP?
also split up
[I] informal if people split, they end a marriage or relationship with each other
split with/from
::He split from his wife last year.
::The band split two years ago.
?LEAVE?
[I] old-fashioned informal to leave a place quickly
::Come on - let's split.
split hairs
to argue that there is a difference between two things, when the difference is really too small to be important
::This is just splitting hairs.
split the difference
to agree on an amount that is exactly between two amounts that have been mentioned
::OK, let's split the difference, and I'll give you ¡ê20.
split your sides
informal to laugh a great deal
split off phr v
also split away
if one part of something splits off from the rest, it becomes completely separate from it
split off from
::A huge lump of rock had split off from the cliff face.
also split away
if a small group of people split off from a larger group, they become separate from it
split off from
::The group split away from the Green Party and formed the Environmental Alliance.
split sth ¡û¡ú off
to separate one part of something and make it completely separate from the rest
split something ¡û¡ú off from
::This part of the business has now been split off from the main company.
split on [split on sb] phr v
to tell someone in authority about something wrong that someone else has done
::Don't you dare split on us!
split up phr v
if people split up, or if someone splits them up, they end a marriage or relationship with each other
::Steve's parents split up when he was four.
split up with
::I thought she'd split up with her boyfriend.
split sb ¡û¡ú up
::Why would she try to split us up?
to divide people into different groups, or to be divided into groups
::Please don't split up when we get to the museum.
split sth/sb ¡û¡ú up
::The teacher split up the class into three groups.
split sth ¡û¡ú up
to divide something into different parts
split something ¡û¡ú up into
::The house has now been split up into individual flats.