Crack me up idiom

He drove into a tree and cracked up his car. I cracked up after losing control of my car. When used as a noun, the phrase is typically hyphenated. I was in a crack-up when I lost control of my car and hydroplaned. See also: crack , up crack someone or something up to damage someone or something.

See also crack someone up. Who cracked my car up? Who cracked up my car? Who was driving? The accident cracked him up a little. See also: crack , up crack someone up to make someone laugh very hard; to make someone break out laughing. You and your jokes really crack me up.

That comedian really knows how to crack up an audience. See also: crack , up crack something up to crash something; to destroy something in an accident.

The driver cracked the car up in an accident. The pilot cracked up the plane. See also: crack , up crack up 1. The plane cracked up and killed two of the passengers. Whose car cracked up on the expressway? The whole audience cracked up. I knew I would crack up during the love scene.

The poor guy cracked up. It was too much for him. You would crack up, too, if you had been through all he went through. Usually crack-up. There was a terrible crack-up on the expressway. There were four cars in the crack-up.

Suffer an emotional breakdown, become insane, as in He might crack up under the strain. This usage alludes to the result of cracking one's skull; from the early s to crack alone was used in this way. Damage or wreck a vehicle or vessel.

For example, I'm always afraid that I'll crack up the car. Experience a crash, as in We cracked up on the freeway in the middle of the ice storm. New Words supercold. January 10, To top. Sign up for free and get access to exclusive content:.

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