break the news

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break the news (third-person singular simple present breaks the news, present participle breaking the news, simple past broke the news, past participle broken the news)

  1. To inform someone of something first, usually used when it will be difficult to tell the person.
    I didn't know how to break the news to her that her best friend had been in a car accident.

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