break one up
Example Sentences
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It takes a tremendous influence and an unusual situation to break one up and make him an essentially different man after maturity.
From The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners by Pyle, William Henry
Most of us do not understand what an atom is, and what it means to break one up passes the farthest reach of our imaginations; all we know is what the authorities say.
From Christianity and Progress by Fosdick, Harry Emerson