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crack up

verb

Definition of crack up

transitive verb
1 : praise, tout 1 wasn't all that it was cracked up to be
2 : to damage or destroy (a vehicle) by crashing crack up a car
3 : to cause to laugh out loud that joke really cracks him up
intransitive verb
1 : to damage or destroy a vehicle (as by losing control) cracked up on a curve
2 : to laugh out loud

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Examples of crack up in a Sentence

that sports car isn't all it's cracked up to be
the movie is being cracked up as the blockbuster of the summer

First Known Use of crack up

1829

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