break it to
Example Sentences
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“I hate to break it to you,” Valentine says, “but nobody sings in real life.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
If you're running on Sunday, we hate to break it to you - there is a chance you're going to get wet.
From BBC • Oct. 1, 2022
Hate to break it to all you Seattle-area snow lovers, but this is about as much as you’re going to get — for this round, anyway.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2021
“Every person now, you have to break it to them all over again,” Cushing said.
From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2021
Now I was due at the store in forty minutes, and there was nothing to do but break it to her outright.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
