| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| crack this case |
solve a crime, discover who is guilty
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David will crack this case; he's a thorough investigator.
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| crack under the strain |
become irrational or hysterical due to strain, around the bend
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Mother was a strong person. She never cracked under the strain of raising ten children.
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| cracked |
crazy, nuts, wacko
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He must be cracked. He mailed a letter to himself.
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| crackers |
crazy, bonkers, nuts
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Don't worry about me. I've been crackers all my life.
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| crackpot |
a person who is strange or weird, wacko
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Some crackpot wrote a letter to him threatening his family.
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| crackup |
collision, crash
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Drinking and driving causes a lot of crackups.
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| cramp your style |
cause problems for you, cause stress for you
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If we can't buy a Corvette, will it cramp your style?
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| crank issue |
a topic that causes anger, can of worms
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The Premier raised a crank issue and then went on holidays.
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| crank it up |
turn up the volume, louder please
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Hey, Karen, crank up the radio. That's a great song.
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| crank out |
make, write, manufacture
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Can you crank out a few jokes for our school newspaper?
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