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crack up
verb- to undergo a nervous breakdown US, 1917
- Same thing Day after day–Tube-Work-Dinner-Work-Tube-Armchair-TV-Sleep-Work. How Much More Can You Take. One in Five Go Mad, One in Ten Cracks Up. — Richard Neville, Play Power, p. 253, 1970
- Lank lizards, as Weetzie would say. Maybe I am cracking up. — Francesca Lia Block, Missing Angel Juan, p. 293, 1993
- to praise someone highly US, 1829
- So people are beginning to believe that organic food is a bit of a con, that it is not all that it is cracked up to be and they resent having to pay a premium for it. — Guardian, 4 January 2002
- to amuse someone greatly; to cause laughter US, 1942
- And, wow, the cricket on the car radio really cracks me up. — Guardian, 4 August 2000
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