Brewer's: Break the Ice

(To). To prepare the way; to cause the stiffness and reserve of intercourse with a stranger to relax; to impart to another bit by bit distressing news or a delicate subject.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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