Reference meaning
break the ice
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To start to get to know people to avoid social awkwardness and formality.
Other meanings
2. verb
To introduce a conversation.
3. verb
To surmount initial difficulties; to overcome obstacles and make a beginning.
4. verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, the, ice.
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