break up with
break up with — phrasal verb
- break up withbase form
- breaks up with3rd person singular
- breaking up with-ing form
- broke up withpast simple
- broken up withpast participle
1. to tell a boyfriend, girlfriend, or romantic partner that your relationship is f
to tell a boyfriend, girlfriend, or romantic partner that your relationship is finished and that you no longer want to be together
Tomoko broke up with her boyfriend after he forgot her birthday for the third year in a row.
break up with + person for a reason
The film director broke up with his partner because their busy schedules kept them apart for months.
Fatima told her friends that she and Javier had broken up with each other peacefully.
Nadia cried on the steps after her boyfriend broke up with her at the graduation party.
My roommate broke up with his girlfriend over the phone — a very cold way to do it.
- split up with
equally common and informal; 'split up' can also describe a gradual drifting apart rather than one person deciding
- end a relationship with
more formal and emotionally neutral; used in writing or serious conversation
- dump
slang; suggests one person is rejected and the other is doing the rejecting, often harshly
- get together with
informal; describes the start of a romantic relationship
- make up with
informal; means to reconcile after an argument, not start a new relationship
文法句型
break up with + person
用法筆記
The preposition 'with' must always follow the phrase when naming the other person. Without 'with', the verb 'break up' simply means that a relationship ended, without specifying who ended it.