break the story (English, verb)
expansion: break the story (third-person singular simple present breaks the story, present participle breaking the story, simple past broke the story, past participle broken the story)
Senses:
glosses: To be the first to address or publicize an issue, often a news story.
tags: idiomatic
qualifier: screenwriting jargon
glosses: To create or determine the outline of the story of a screenplay.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: breaks the story
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: breaking the story
tags: participle
present
form: broke the story
tags: past
form: broken the story
tags: participle
past