Break and Give away

Break

Break verb - Be released or become known; of news.
Usage example: News of her death broke in the morning

Give away is a synonym for break. In some cases you can use "Give away" instead a verb "Break".

Give away

Give away verb - Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.

Break is a synonym for give away. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a verb "Give away".

Both terms in one sentence

  • The music (which was very obviously added in post-production) would swell up to the point of nearly drowning out everything else and blatantly give away nearly every commercial break 15 seconds in advance.
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