Travel
break something up
add changes or pauses
To break something up means to divide a long activity or journey by adding shorter activities or pauses.
Hear it in real life
How did you manage the six-hour flight?
I broke it up with films, meals, and short walks.
We broke up the drive with a stop at a small coastal town.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: break a long journey by coffee
Say: break up a long journey with a coffee stop
Use "with" before the activity or pause that interrupts the longer one.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
break up a journey/day/session with something
Your turn: say it out loud
We broke up the drive with a stop at a small coastal town.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
break something up
add changes or pauses
“We broke up the drive with a stop at a small coastal town.”
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