battre en brèche
French
Pronunciation
IPA
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:
/ba.tʁ‿ɑ̃ bʁɛʃ/
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Verb
battre
en
brèche
(
idiomatic
,
of heavy artillery
)
to
reduce
to
rubble
, to give a
pounding
(
idiomatic
,
figuratively
)
to
tackle
(an urgent issue), to
strike
at the heart of (a problem)