phrasal verb

Crack up

Letter CInseparable

2Sections

Have a nervous breakdown

Meanings

  • Have a nervous breakdown (intransitive, International English)
  • Have bad reception on a mobile phone (intransitive, International English)
  • Burst out laughing (separable [optional], International English)
  • Damage a car badly (separable [optional], International English)

Examples

  • He CRACKED UP after his son died and had to take a couple of months off work.
  • You'll have to talk louder- you're CRACKING UP.
  • Everybody CRACKED UP when he told the joke.
  • He CRACKED his car UP last night when he came off the road.

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