break a story, come clean, deadlocked

 Nations Still Deadlocked on EADS-BAE Deal

Government officials negotiating terms for the proposed merger of BAE and Airbus parent EADS remain deadlocked over key issues including state ownership stakes.

“I hate to break this to you,” a Toyota executive wrote, “but we have a tendency for mechanical failure in accelerator pedals of a certain manufacturer on certain models.”

The message continued: “The time to hide on this one is over. We need to come clean.”

break
v., broke (brōk), bro·ken (brō'kən), break·ing, breaks. v.tr.

1. To cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently; smash.
2. 1. To divide into pieces, as by bending or cutting: break crackers for a baby.
   2. To separate into components or parts: broke the work into discrete tasks.
3. To snap off or detach: broke a twig from the tree.
4. 1. To fracture a bone of: I broke my leg.
   2. To fracture (a bone): I broke my femur.
5. To crack without separating into pieces.
6. 1. To destroy the completeness of (a group of related items): broke the set of books by giving some away.
   2. To exchange for smaller monetary units: break a dollar.
7. To vary or disrupt the uniformity or continuity of: a plain that was broken by low hills; caught the ball without breaking stride.
8. Electricity. To render (a circuit) inoperative by disruption; open.
9. 1. To force or make a way through; puncture or penetrate: The blade barely broke the skin.
   2. To part or pierce the surface of: a dolphin breaking water.
10. To produce (a sweat) copiously on the skin, as from exercise.
11. To force one's way out of; escape from: break jail.
12. To make or bring about by cutting or forcing: break a trail through the woods.
13. 1. To find an opening or flaw in: They couldn't break my alibi.
    2. To find the solution or key to; uncover the basic elements and arrangement of: break a code; break a spy ring.
14. To make known, as news: break a story.
15. To surpass or outdo: broke the league's home-run record.
16. To overcome or put an end to, especially by force or strong opposition: break a deadlock in negotiations; break a strike.
17. Sports. To win a game on (an opponent's service), as in tennis.
18. To lessen the force or effect of: break a fall.
19. To render useless or inoperative: We accidentally broke the radio.
20. To weaken or destroy, as in spirit or health; overwhelm with adversity: "For a hero loves the world till it breaks him" (William Butler Yeats).
21. To cause the ruin or failure of (an enterprise, for example): Indiscretion broke both marriage and career.
22. To reduce in rank; demote.
23. To cause to be without money or to go into bankruptcy.
24. To fail to fulfill; cancel: break an engagement.
25. To fail to conform to; violate: break the speed limit.
26. Law. To invalidate (a will) by judicial action.
27. 1. To give up (a habit).
    2. To cause to give up a habit: They managed to break themselves of smoking.
28. To train to obey; tame: The horse was difficult to break.

come clean
Confess everything, as in If you come clean about what happened I will promise to keep it to myself. [Slang; early 1900s]

déadlòck[déad・lòck]

 

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1 [C][U]膠着(こうちゃく)状態, 行き詰まり, 停滞

break a deadlock
行き詰まりを打開する

come to ［＝reach］ (a) deadlock
行き詰まる（▼日本語の「デッドロックに乗り上げる」はlockとrockを混同したもの）

be at total deadlock
完全な膠着状態にある.

2 ＝deadbolt.

3 ((米))同点(tie score).

━━[動](他)(自)行き詰まらせる［詰まる］.