What does break it mean?

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break it

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.17 in modern English

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breaks it (present, singular) breaking it (participle, present) broke it (past) broken it (participle, past) break it to (alternative) break the news (alternative)

What does break it mean?: To deliver unfortunate or upsetting news to someone.

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