break it

Verb

Meaning

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

To deliver unfortunate or upsetting news to someone.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it. Stanisław Jerzy Lec

Habit is a cable we weave a thread of it every day, and at last we cannot break it. Horace Mann

A wise man once said, Convention is like the shell to the chick, a protection till he is strong enough to break it through. Learned Hand

The butterfly who settles on a branch is afraid that he will break it. Armenian Proverb

Bury truth in a golden coffin, it will break it open. Russian Proverb

Kiss any arm you cannot break, a and pray to God to break it. Styrian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

break into tears break into the house break into tiny pieces break it apart break it down break it off