divide by
divide (something) by (something)
To divide something into a specified number of parts, which is stated after "by." OK class, now what is the answer when we divide six by two?
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
divide something by something
to perform mathematical division on something, using a particular number. Now, divide this sum by the figure in column seven. Can you divide1. ,400 by 59?
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divide by something
to perform mathematical division by a particular number. Can you divide by sixteens? Add this figure to the next column and divide by twenty.
See also: by, divide
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- divide (something) by (something)
- divide up
- great divide
- the great divide
- cut the pie up
- split (something) down the middle
- split something down the middle
- polarize
- polarize (one group of people) into (two groups of people)
- polarize into