Of a telephone conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection
You're breaking up. Can you repeat that?.
(deyim) Scatter, disperse, as in The crowd broke up as soon as they reached the streets. [Late 1400s] This phrase is also used as an imperative, as in "Break it up!" shouted the police officer
When something breaks up or when you break it up, it separates or is divided into several smaller parts. There was a danger of the ship breaking up completely Break up the chocolate and melt it He broke the bread up into chunks and gave Meer a big one Tanks are strongly built. It is a complicated and difficult process to break them up
When a school or the pupils in it break up, the school term ends and the pupils start their holidays. It's the last week before they break up, and they're doing all kinds of Christmas things. go back
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"
If you say that someone is breaking up when you are speaking to them on a mobile telephone, you mean that you can only hear parts of what they are saying because the signal is interrupted. The line's gone; I think you're breaking up. see also break-up