diff --git a/src/1-one/match/methods/parseMatch/03-splitHyphens.js b/src/1-one/match/methods/parseMatch/03-splitHyphens.js
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+const hasDash = /[a-z0-9][-–—][a-z]/i
+
+// match 're-do' -> ['re','do']
+const splitHyphens = function (regs, world) {
+  const prefixes = world.model.one.prefixes
+  for (let i = regs.length - 1; i >= 0; i -= 1) {
+    const reg = regs[i]
+    if (reg.word && hasDash.test(reg.word)) {
+      let words = reg.word.split(/[-–—]/g)
+      // don't split 're-cycle', etc
+      if (Object.hasOwn(prefixes, words[0])) {
+        continue
+      }
+      words = words.filter(w => w).reverse()
+      regs.splice(i, 1)
+      words.forEach(w => {
+        const obj = { ...reg }
+        obj.word = w
+        regs.splice(i, 0, obj)
+      })
+    }
+  }
+  return regs
+}
+export default splitHyphens
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diff --git a/tests/one/tokenize/hyphen-matrix.test.js b/tests/one/tokenize/hyphen-matrix.test.js
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+import test from 'tape'
+import nlp from '../_lib.js'
+const here = '[one/hyphen-matrix] '
+
+test('hyphen-input', (t) => {
+  const doc = nlp(`before follow-up after`)
+  t.equal(doc.has('follow-up'), true, here + 'hyphen -> follow-up')
+  t.equal(doc.has('follow up'), true, here + 'hyphen -> follow up')
+  t.equal(doc.has('followup'), false, here + 'hyphen -> followup')//would be nice
+  t.end()
+})
+
+test('no-hyphen-input', (t) => {
+  const doc = nlp(`before follow up after`)
+  t.equal(doc.has('follow-up'), true, here + 'no-hyphen -> follow-up')
+  t.equal(doc.has('follow up'), true, here + 'no-hyphen ->follow up')
+  t.equal(doc.has('followup'), false, here + 'no-hyphen ->followup')
+  t.end()
+})
+
+test('compound-hyphen-input', (t) => {
+  const doc = nlp(`before followup after`)
+  t.equal(doc.has('follow-up'), false, here + 'compound -> follow-up')//maybe?
+  t.equal(doc.has('follow up'), false, here + 'compound -> follow up')
+  t.equal(doc.has('followup'), true, here + 'compound -> followup')
+  t.end()
+})
+
+
+// ==================
+
+test('hyphen-skipping', (t) => {
+  const doc = nlp(`before super-cool after`)
+  t.equal(doc.has('before super'), true, here + '[hyphen] before')
+  t.equal(doc.has('before super cool'), true, here + '[hyphen] before-mid')
+  t.equal(doc.has('cool after'), true, here + '[hyphen] after')
+  t.equal(doc.has('super cool after'), true, here + '[hyphen] after-mid')
+  // 
+  t.equal(doc.has('before after'), false, here + '[hyphen] no-jump')
+  t.equal(doc.has('before super after'), false, here + '[hyphen] no-mid-jump')
+  t.equal(doc.has('before cool after'), false, here + '[hyphen] no-mid-2-jump')
+  t.end()
+})
+
+
+test('match-dash', function (t) {
+  const arr = [
+    're-purpose',
+    'co-opting',
+    'mis-information',
+    'proto-plasmic',
+    'counter-argument',
+    'soft-sell',
+    'big-news',
+    'do-over',
+    'over-the-top',
+    'larger-than-life',
+    're-zoning-laws',
+    'inter-sectional',
+    'counter-argument',
+    're-purpose itself',
+    'full-enough tank',
+    'the size-difference',
+    'counter-balance',
+    'score was 10-2',
+    'Nobel Prize–winning',
+    'take-down ',
+    'the non-player-character',
+    'load-bearing walls',
+    'this clearly-impossible story',
+    'beautiful-looking flowers ',
+    'community-based education',
+    'Mother-in-law',
+    'Master-at-arms',
+    'Editor-in-chief',
+    'Ten-year-old',
+    'Factory-made',
+    'Twelve-pack',
+    'fifty-six bottles',
+    'a 10-minute speech',
+    'self-serve',
+    'non-sequitur'
+  ]
+  arr.forEach(str => {
+    t.equal(nlp(str).has(str), true, here + '[dash] ' + str)
+  })
+  t.end()
+})