Break up
Break up verb - Break or cause to break into pieces.
Split up
Split up verb - Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways.
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Make Up or Break Up: Over the six-year course of the series, Maude and Walter almost split up numerous times.
Source: Series / Maude
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