break the story
The phrase "break the story" has distinct meanings in journalism and screenwriting, relating to reporting news first and outlining a screenplay, respectively.
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Definition
B2Journalism
(idiomatic)To be the first to report on a news event or piece of information.
Example
- The reporter was eager to break the story before any other news outlet.
C1Screenwriting
(idiomatic, jargon)To create or determine the outline and structure of a screenplay.
Example
- The writers gathered to break the story before starting the detailed script.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "break the story":
cover storybreak inbreak the moldbreak throughbreak the silencebreak withbreak groundbreak coverbreak new groundbreak the icebreak intobreak downbreak out