battre en brèche
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.tʁ‿ɑ̃ bʁɛʃ/
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)