verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
broach a subject (= start talking about a sensitive subject )
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She hesitated, wondering exactly how to broach the subject of their sleeping arrangements.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
idea
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He broached the idea of seeking direct government aid to a neighbor.
matter
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He broached the matter carefully while Marshall put a match to some logs in the grate.
question
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He talked freely about quite a number of subjects, but had not once broached the question of being sent ashore.
subject
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But what was still troubling her was the fact that she had still not broached the subject of Janice.
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Popular magazines now broach the subject of mental illness, while the government is encouraging research into mental health.
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It was half a year, he thought, since she had last broached the subject of his bachelor status.
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I never broached the subject with him again.
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It was nine o'clock and they had been driven in by the mosquitoes before he broached the subject of the night before.
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Now, popular magazines regularly broach the subject .
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It had been Adam, too, who had broached the subject of a new computer programming system for the business.
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When, two months later, Father van Exem broached the subject , the Archbishop was actually quite upset about the idea.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He decided not to broach the subject of divorce until his wife had recovered from her illness.
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I think Susan is being bullied at school, but every time I try to broach the matter with her she refuses to talk about it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But we have not yet broached the explanation of these changes.
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But what was still troubling her was the fact that she had still not broached the subject of Janice.
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It was half a year, he thought, since she had last broached the subject of his bachelor status.
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Moreover Pound's anti-Semitism, later so notorious, certainly casts a sinister light on his readiness to broach these issues.
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Recently, Milosevic broached one possibility.
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When, two months later, Father van Exem broached the subject, the Archbishop was actually quite upset about the idea.
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You could see De Gaulle fervently hoped it wouldn't be broached again.