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
One MP discovered a colleague's girlfriend in the house of another man when they knocked on the door - "We had to break it to him - quite awkward" they said - quite!
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2023
I hate to break it to you, but fish aren’t immortal.
From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2023
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
“I hate to break it to you guys, but I’m homeless and logged in from a public terminal right now too,” I said.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
