"break it to" meaning in All languages combined

See break it to on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: breaks it to [present, singular, third-person], breaking it to [participle, present], broke it to [past], broken it to [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|breaks it to|breaking it to|broke it to|broken it to}} break it to (third-person singular simple present breaks it to, present participle breaking it to, simple past broke it to, past participle broken it to)
  1. (idiomatic) To deliver unfortunate or upsetting news to someone. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: break it, break the news

Inflected forms

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      "form": "breaks it to",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "broke it to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
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    },
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        "participle",
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
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        }
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        {
          "text": "Look, I hate to break it to you, but Tim doesn't want anything to do with you anymore.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, HAL Laboratory, EarthBound, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Entertainment System:",
          "text": "[Spoken by a shopkeeper] Hmmm... Hate to break this to you, but you don't have enough money.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To deliver unfortunate or upsetting news to someone."
      ],
      "id": "en-break_it_to-en-verb-1d~OSR8a",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To deliver unfortunate or upsetting news to someone."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "break it"
        },
        {
          "word": "break the news"
        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "break it to"
}
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      "form": "breaks it to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "breaking it to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "broke it to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "broken it to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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        {
          "text": "Look, I hate to break it to you, but Tim doesn't want anything to do with you anymore.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, HAL Laboratory, EarthBound, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Entertainment System:",
          "text": "[Spoken by a shopkeeper] Hmmm... Hate to break this to you, but you don't have enough money.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To deliver unfortunate or upsetting news to someone."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To deliver unfortunate or upsetting news to someone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "break it"
    },
    {
      "word": "break the news"
    }
  ],
  "word": "break it to"
}

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