broach
verb/brəʊtʃ/
/brəʊtʃ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they broach | /brəʊtʃ/ /brəʊtʃ/ |
| he / she / it broaches | /ˈbrəʊtʃɪz/ /ˈbrəʊtʃɪz/ |
| past simple broached | /brəʊtʃt/ /brəʊtʃt/ |
| past participle broached | /brəʊtʃt/ /brəʊtʃt/ |
| -ing form broaching | /ˈbrəʊtʃɪŋ/ /ˈbrəʊtʃɪŋ/ |
- broach something (with somebody) to begin talking about a subject that is difficult to discuss, especially because it is embarrassing or because people disagree about it
- She was dreading having to broach the subject of money with her father.
- The report fails to broach some important questions.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBroach is used with these nouns as the object:- matter
- subject
- topic
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French brochier, based on Latin brocchus, broccus ‘projecting’. The earliest recorded sense was ‘prick with spurs’, generally ‘pierce’. The current sense is a figurative use of this and dates from the late 16th cent.Want to learn more?
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