broach
subject
As he helped his mother with the dishes, he broached a subject which had been bothering him for some time.
She found it tricky to broach the subject of mental health with her boss.
She knew that she had to broach the subject of divorce delicately.
He reacted to my remarks as if I had just broached a taboo subject.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Debate & discussion
agent provocateur
agora
argue
argue against something
argue for something
bargainer
beard
controversial
hash
no ifs or butsidiom
no-platform
no-platforming
on the doorstep
out-debate
proposer
undialectical
undiscussed
war of words
wash (something) up
well argued