crack a book
Example Sentences
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“But you’re not allowed to crack a book open.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025
How do you crack a book against a rating scale, the way you can with a new reality show?
From Slate • Sep. 28, 2020
Comics encourage early and reluctant readers to crack a book, and comics deliver funny, smart, and exciting stories to children at all reading levels.
From Slate • Sep. 10, 2015
He wasn’t much of a reader, but he was devoutly religious; when he did crack a book it was devotional or self-improvement.
From Slate • Apr. 14, 2014
For any lover of TV—or a lover of a lover of TV who’d like to see them crack a book for once—it’s a perfectly timed holiday gift.
From Time • Nov. 28, 2012
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
