broach

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

broach [broach broaches broached broaching] BrE [brəʊtʃ] NAmE [broʊtʃ] verb ~ sth (to/with sb)
to begin talking about a subject that is difficult to discuss, especially because it is embarrassing or because people disagree about it
•She was dreading having to broach the subject of money to her father.
•The report fails to broach some important questions.
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Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French brochier, based on Latin brocchus, broccus ‘projecting’. The earliest recorded sense was ‘prick with spurs’, generally ‘pierce’. The current sense is a figurative use of this and dates from the late 16th cent.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  brooch, breastpin, initiate