to broach
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7.4
- verb
- /broʊtʃ/
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abordar
- I think the question is, should social issues be broached in school?
- broached the subject
- broached the topic
- broaches social issues
And it seems like a nice synergistic way to kind of broach these topics.
- And it seems like a nice synergistic way to kind of broach these topics.
- A guy doesn't broach that subject because it's easier not to.
- Did you feel OK broaching that conversation?
- We teach these guys how to broach those conversations, how to tee those conversations up.
- How can anyone else know it, unless the opposing idea is broached and flaws with it are pointed out?
- Well, first of all, you need like, you know, a twenty tweet thread to even begin to broach any kind of nuance to take on anything.
- It's like every time I even begin to broach that a little bit, my wife just gets very agitated.
- And it was a completely outside his morality and mine to even broach the subject.
- And obviously I have no interest in trying to, to, to even broach that in any certainly not to support anything of that nature.
Examples
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Help residents and families broach this touchy topic with nursing home operators and public officials.
Academic text (1995) -
A guy doesn't broach that subject because it's easier not to.
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Want me to broach it with him?
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But we have a lot of work to do... ...before we even broach that subject.
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Do I broach the subject or do you?
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But we have a lot of work to do before we even broach the subject.
Fiction book (2000) -
It's kind of an awkward subject to broach.
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Your Majesty, may I broach the matter of Lady Marlborough?
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Why ruin a dinner party, or a sermon, by broaching this sensitive topic?
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It's often difficult to broach sensitive topics with family members during the holidays.
Synonyms
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1.3
Speak with someone about a subject
788
2.6
To mention a subject for discussion
426
4.5
To start something such as a project or discussion
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6.0
To speak to someone in private about something sensitive
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Etymology
Broach as a verb comes from the old idea of 'piercing' or 'opening', from the old French broche, like making a hole in a barrel to let the drink out. From that idea of 'opening' something it came to mean starting a subject, so to broach a topic is to open it for discussion.