1. break the news - Verb
2. break the news - Phrase
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)
(transitive with to) 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.
He admits that he is a coward and cannot face her, leaving Suzuki, Sharpless and Kate to break the news to Butterfly. Source: Internet
It just fizzled out."sfn Drummer Ward, who was close with Osbourne, was chosen by Tony to break the news to the singer on 27 April 1979. Source: Internet
But whereas migrants without papers try not to draw the attention of the police, alternative and artists' squats break the news from the 1980s onwards. Source: Internet
His wife delayed the public announcement until 11 June, in order to break the news to their family. Source: Internet
It was left to Spiegel to break the news to Sinatra that Malden had already been signed for that role. Source: Internet
He will have to break the news to the everyone in the office. Source: Internet