broach

broach (one's) claret

To draw blood, typically in some sort of fight. "Claret" is a type of red wine. A: "Who broached your claret?" B: "Bill punched me in the nose. Can you help me clean up this blood?" Do you challenge me to a fight? Well, I will most certainly broach your claret—I hope you're ready for that!
See also: broach, claret

broach (something) to (someone)

To mention or discuss something with someone. I wouldn't broach that topic to him unless you want to hear about it for hours. Everyone knows you shouldn't broach the issues of politics or religion to guests at a dinner party.
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broach (something) with (someone)

To mention or discuss something with someone. I wouldn't broach that topic with him unless you want to hear about it for hours. Everyone knows you shouldn't broach the issues of politics or religion at a dinner party.
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broach to

dated Of a sailing vessel, to turn or veer in the direction of the wind, exposing the broadside of the ship to it and threatening to capsize as a result. The storm caused the boat to pitch and heave, and, in the chaos of it all, the helmsman allowed the vessel to broach to, overset, and take with it the lives of all onboard.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

broach something with someone

 and broach something to someone
to mention something to someone; to bring up an idea to someone. I hate to be the one to have to broach this to you, but your trousers are torn. This delicate matter must be broached with Mr. Rogers.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • broach (one's) claret
  • claret
  • tap (one's) claret
  • tap someone's claret
  • punch (someone or something) on (something)
  • punch on
  • nose candy
  • get a bloody nose
  • get ticket punched
  • turn your nose up at something
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Front pilot: When an internal pull broach is used, the pull end and front pilot are passed through the starting hole.
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Vertical broaching
The broaches, which may reach 9 feet in length and weigh more than 2000 lb, can have as many as 20,000 cutting teeth on a full-form broach assembly.
Broaching fires up competition
Performance of recycled wheels is identical to that of new wheels, and recycling can reduce average wheel cost per broach substantially.
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Each tool is specific to the application and the workpiece; a different application and workpiece would require a different broach. Also, while broaching usually is not the preferred method for heavy stock removal, there are certain surface broaching applications in which as much as 0.5" can be cut away in a single pass.
Broaching flats leads to productivity and quality improvements
Thus, for clients whose net worth exceeds $1 million, roughly half of advisors whose premiums range from $250,000 to $1 million almost always broach the subject.
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We ain't layin' in bed together, Broach! We know how you think.
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Thirty-eight different Swiss broach holders are available as part of the line of rotary broaching tool holders for CNC, screw and Swiss lathe machines, and milling machines, doubling the current offering.
Offering of Swiss type rotary broaching tool holders doubles
The company had received reports that some NexGen tibial broach impactors, which are used to prepare the tibial bone for an implant, had broken during surgery.
Zimmer recalls NexGen surgical instruments