break the story in English

Forms: breaks the story [present, singular, third-person], breaking the story [participle, present], broke the story [past], broken the story [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|break<,,broke,broken> the story}} break the story (third-person singular simple present breaks the story, present participle breaking the story, simple past broke the story, past participle broken the story)

Inflected forms

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      "form": "breaks the story",
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        "To be the first to address or publicize an issue, often a news story."
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        "To create or determine the outline of the story of a screenplay."
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        "(idiomatic, screenwriting jargon) To create or determine the outline of the story of a screenplay."
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"break the story" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms