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break the ice
- To remove the tension at a first meeting, at the opening of a party, etc.: “That joke really broke the ice at the conference; we all relaxed afterward.â€
Example Sentences
Ms Hewitt, from Cambridgeshire, said she always asked for a smaller speculum to be used and for a double appointment to "break the ice" with the nurse.
Conversation flowed effortlessly at our table, so much so that we didn’t even pull out the question game that Timeleft provides to help break the ice.
Using shared interests to break the ice on social networking sites can help users overlook other differences at first.
Older kids might prefer to break the ice by reaching out with a text or via a social media app, Sweeney said.
Sacks said he hoped the event would “break the ice†on discussions around Trump and could create a “preference cascade, where all of a sudden it becomes acceptable to acknowledge the truth.â€
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