crack up
Example Sentences
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Without the force of his mediating presence they are cracking up.
“Perhaps the tarte Philippe is not all it is cracked up to be,” she nearly said, for she did feel sorry for poor Lady Constance and wished to comfort her.
From Literature
For someone who reportedly doesn’t laugh easily or often, Lorne Michaels has been a driving force behind what cracks up the comedy-loving public for more than half a century.
A sprinkle of heavenly magic, and Arj can be taught a valuable lesson—by trading places with Jeff and finding out that wealth isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
“And she looks at it and starts cracking up. And she’s like, ‘See, she’s the problem.’
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
