break something up (into something)
- break something up (into something)
break something up† (into something)
to break something into smaller pieces. •
We broke the crackers up into much smaller pieces.
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Please break up the crackers into smaller pieces if you want to feed the ducks.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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