crack open

Related to crack open: fall through the cracks

crack open

1. To open something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "crack" and "open." It's too hot in here—can we crack open a window? We cracked open a bottle of wine to celebrate finishing our first year of grad school.

2. To break open. A noun or pronoun can be used between "crack" and "open." The earthquake cracked the highway wide open.

3. To expose something scandalous or deceptive. A noun or pronoun can be used between "crack" and "open." That company's stock price plummeted after the media cracked open the CEO's embezzlement scandal. An anonymous tip to the police is what cracked the theft ring wide open.

crack something(wide) open

1. Lit. to crack or split something. An incredible eruption cracked the volcano wide open.

2. Fig. to expose and reveal some great wrongdoing. The police cracked the drug ring wide open. The newspaper story cracked the trouble at city hall wide open.

crack open

[for something brittle] to break or split open. The egg cracked open and a chick worked its way out. The side of the mountain cracked open and molten lava flowed out.

See also: crack, open

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

See also:

crack (something) wide open
crack a/the window (open)
crack the door
crack the door (open)
crack open a bottle
crack open a/the bottle
crack a bottle
chip up
crack a tube
want the first crack at (something)

References in periodicals archive

And if they ask how you prepared the chestnuts, you can tell them the story of the street children of Divisoria, who know instinctively how to crack open a chestnut.

Piping hot chestnuts

Chimpanzees use a variety of tools in a range of contexts, including stones to crack open nuts, and sticks to harvest aggressive army ants.

Mother of Invention: Opportunity, Not Necessity

All you need do is crack open a copy of Roy of The Rovers.

books: books: comics THE BEST OF ROY OF THE ROVERS by Tom Tully and David Sque ***

She refused to say how she managed seemingly to crack open a concrete floor.

What's the crack? The World Today

To know that, you gotta' crack open TM 11-5865-200-12 for all the good PM info.

Filling out paperwork correctly

In this way, they didn't have to crack open the rocks and risk damaging the ancient plants and insects.

A rainforest trapped in Amber

Chimpanzees use stones to crack open hard-shelled nuts in Cameroon's Ebo Forest, more than 1,700 kilometers (1,000 miles) east of a river previously thought to have prevented the inland spread of this behavior.

Chimps spread out their tools

Pinos's resolution of the archetypal high-rise problem of the connection between vertical and horizontal elements is to crack open and fold the ground surface, to create a fragmentary landscape of manicured garden, expansive stairs, balustrades that turn into benches, and fissure-like gaps offering hints of the underworld.

Mexican treehouse: in an evolving neighbourhood, this office block makes a strong but nuanced urban statement

SnogLondon.com says: Do crack open the wine - 60% of singles are regular drinkers.

How do you really achieve sporting immortality, Gav?

To crack open The Scene Stealer is more like watching a film than devouring a novel.

The Scene Stealer

My first thought here was of Repulsion, the Polanski film of 1965 in which walls crack open and hands reach forth at Catherine Deneuve's dubious heroine.

Not Vital: Sperone Westwater

Clouds curdle round it, crack open, let it through.

Full Moon

you could crack open a dozen of 'era and not get much to scramble."

Logan's storm

She describes, for example, the dilemma of a black mother caught between not wanting to squelch her child's identity and creativity and not wanting a cop to crack open the child's head because it is adorned with dreadlocks.

Yet a Stranger: Why Black Americans Still Don't Feel at Home

Normally, to reach a failing heart, surgeons must saw through the breastbone and crack open ribs.

REMOTE CONTROL SURGERY

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释义	crack open Related to crack open: fall through the cracks crack open 1. To open something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "crack" and "open." It's too hot in here—can we crack open a window? We cracked open a bottle of wine to celebrate finishing our first year of grad school. 2. To break open. A noun or pronoun can be used between "crack" and "open." The earthquake cracked the highway wide open. 3. To expose something scandalous or deceptive. A noun or pronoun can be used between "crack" and "open." That company's stock price plummeted after the media cracked open the CEO's embezzlement scandal. An anonymous tip to the police is what cracked the theft ring wide open. See also: crack, open Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. crack something(wide) open 1. Lit. to crack or split something. An incredible eruption cracked the volcano wide open. 2. Fig. to expose and reveal some great wrongdoing. The police cracked the drug ring wide open. The newspaper story cracked the trouble at city hall wide open. See also: crack, open crack open [for something brittle] to break or split open. The egg cracked open and a chick worked its way out. The side of the mountain cracked open and molten lava flowed out. See also: crack, open McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: crack (something) wide open crack a/the window (open) crack the door crack the door (open) crack open a bottle crack open a/the bottle crack a bottle chip up crack a tube want the first crack at (something) References in periodicals archive And if they ask how you prepared the chestnuts, you can tell them the story of the street children of Divisoria, who know instinctively how to crack open a chestnut. Piping hot chestnuts Chimpanzees use a variety of tools in a range of contexts, including stones to crack open nuts, and sticks to harvest aggressive army ants. Mother of Invention: Opportunity, Not Necessity All you need do is crack open a copy of Roy of The Rovers. books: books: comics THE BEST OF ROY OF THE ROVERS by Tom Tully and David Sque *** She refused to say how she managed seemingly to crack open a concrete floor. What's the crack? The World Today To know that, you gotta' crack open TM 11-5865-200-12 for all the good PM info. Filling out paperwork correctly In this way, they didn't have to crack open the rocks and risk damaging the ancient plants and insects. A rainforest trapped in Amber Chimpanzees use stones to crack open hard-shelled nuts in Cameroon's Ebo Forest, more than 1,700 kilometers (1,000 miles) east of a river previously thought to have prevented the inland spread of this behavior. Chimps spread out their tools Pinos's resolution of the archetypal high-rise problem of the connection between vertical and horizontal elements is to crack open and fold the ground surface, to create a fragmentary landscape of manicured garden, expansive stairs, balustrades that turn into benches, and fissure-like gaps offering hints of the underworld. Mexican treehouse: in an evolving neighbourhood, this office block makes a strong but nuanced urban statement SnogLondon.com says: Do crack open the wine - 60% of singles are regular drinkers. How do you really achieve sporting immortality, Gav? To crack open The Scene Stealer is more like watching a film than devouring a novel. The Scene Stealer My first thought here was of Repulsion, the Polanski film of 1965 in which walls crack open and hands reach forth at Catherine Deneuve's dubious heroine. Not Vital: Sperone Westwater Clouds curdle round it, crack open, let it through. Full Moon you could crack open a dozen of 'era and not get much to scramble." Logan's storm She describes, for example, the dilemma of a black mother caught between not wanting to squelch her child's identity and creativity and not wanting a cop to crack open the child's head because it is adorned with dreadlocks. Yet a Stranger: Why Black Americans Still Don't Feel at Home Normally, to reach a failing heart, surgeons must saw through the breastbone and crack open ribs. REMOTE CONTROL SURGERY
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