split up
    n 1: an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a
         corporation without changing the shareholders' equity;
         "they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock"
         [syn: split, stock split, split up]
    v 1: get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple
         divorced after only 6 months" [syn: divorce, split up]
    2: separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three
       equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after
       World War I" [syn: divide, split, split up, separate,
       dissever, carve up] [ant: unify, unite]
    3: discontinue an association or relation; go different ways;
       "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The
       couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and
       I split up" [syn: separate, part, split up, split,
       break, break up]
    4: become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine
       broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" [syn: break,
       separate, split up, fall apart, come apart]