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breaks the news

breaks the news is the third-person singular simple present indicative of break the news.

Meaning of break the news

Verb

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)

  1. 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.

Questions about breaks the news

What is breaks the news the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Breaks the news is the third-person singular simple present indicative of break the news.

Words near breaks the news in the dictionary

  1. breaks the internet
  2. breaks the internets
  3. breaks the interwebs
  4. breaks the mold
  5. breaks the mould
  6. breaks the news
  7. breaks the Sabbath
  8. breaks the seal
  9. breaks the silence
  10. breaks the story
  11. breaks the web

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