"break it to" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "breaks it to",
        "2": "breaking it to",
        "3": "broke it to",
        "4": "broken it to"
      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (to)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with placeholder \"it\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "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"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "break it to"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "breaks it to",
        "2": "breaking it to",
        "3": "broke it to",
        "4": "broken it to"
      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (to)",
        "English terms with placeholder \"it\"",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "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"
}