break up with each other vs break up

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Break up with each other' is used when referring to the end of a romantic relationship between two people. 'Break up' can be used more generally to indicate the end of any kind of relationship or situation.

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break up with each other

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to the end of a romantic relationship between two people.

This phrase is used when two people are ending their romantic relationship. It emphasizes that both parties are involved in the breakup.

Examples:

They decided to break up with each other after years of dating.
It's always hard to break up with each other, but it was for the best.
Do you think they will break up with each other soon?
After the fight, they agreed to break up with each other.
Breaking up with each other was a mutual decision.

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Look, people don't just break up with each other out of nowhere, okay?
Meet with each other first, if it goes well you two can get married, if not then break up.
For each break-up operation, and in line with the consideration to the acquisition of sole control, the undertakings concerned will be, on the one hand, the acquiring party and, on the other, the assets that this undertaking will acquire.
Financial stability and globalisation are closely bound up with each other.
Climate change and forests are inextricably bound up with each other.
You know, two people break up, walk away from each other, it's normal.
No sooner did the Hardy Boys break up but their mothers are seeing each other.
I thought your theory was that if we got to know each other, we'd break up.
That's the horrible miracle of break-ups... three years together and then you act like you don't even know each other.
There's a researcher who claims he can tell if a couple's going to break up based on how they talk to each other.
There's a researcher who claims he can tell if a couple's going to break up based on how they talk to each other.
We made a quick decision to break up... and never see each other again.
No, I just mean that we've both broken up with each other.
We broke up with each other. That's different.
So they were actually trying to make up with each other, And neither of them knows it.
Memory and emotion get all wrapped up with each other, and sometimes it's hard to pull them apart.
Thinking a family will be troubled if the child dies single, I heard she matches them up with each other.
But the truth is, very often, they're all tangled up with each other.
We put up with each other for Max's sake.
We'll probably never see each other again after we split the money and break up tonight, but... in my book, you'll always be a stand-up guy.

Alternatives:

end their relationship
split up
part ways
call it quits
separate

break up

This phrase is correct and can be used in a more general sense to indicate the end of any kind of relationship or situation.

This phrase can be used to describe the end of any relationship, not just romantic ones. It is a more versatile term compared to 'break up with each other.'

Examples:

They decided to break up after years of working together.
The business partners had to break up due to irreconcilable differences.
It's time to break up with this toxic friendship.
The band members had to break up because of creative disagreements.
After the project failed, they had to break up the team.

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I am too busy to break up again.
Didn't have the courtesy to break up to my face.
So they had to break up.
My parents were about to break up.
You need to help me break up Jamm and Tammy.
I don't know if there's anything to break up.
Doesn't mean you have to break up.
Chloe, I think we should break up.
Staying together with who wanted to break up all the time.
She forced me to break up.
The authority to break up fistfights.
They had a nasty break up.
I would never break up online.
Orders are to locate and break up this gathering and arrest the leadership.
You always expected us to break up.
We don't have to break up like every other couple who tries a long-distance relationship.
If-if you want to break up, I understand.
Which is why I think we should still break up.
The DEA wants to interdict, break up the money flow.
Sorry to break up the game.

Alternatives:

end a relationship
terminate a partnership
dissolve a friendship
separate
part ways

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