break it

verb

To deliver unfortunate or upsetting news to someone.

Meanings

verbbreak it (third-person singular simple present breaks it, present participle breaking it, simple past broke it, past participle broken it)

present singular third person breaks it · participle present breaking it · past broke it · participle past broken it · alternative break it to · alternative break the news

  1. To deliver unfortunate or upsetting news to someone.
Cite this entry
APA

break it. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/break%20it

MLA

“break it.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/break%20it. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “break it,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/break%20it.

Source: break it on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.