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Phrase(s): divide something into something 1. [and] divide something in something
to separate something into parts. • I will divide it into two parts. • I will divide the cake in half. • If you divide the pie in fourths, the pieces will be too big. 2. to do mathematical division so that the divisor goes into the number that is to be divided. • Divide seven into forty-nine and what do you get? • If seven is divided into forty-nine, what do you get?
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs