crack a book en · VERB
Meanings
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(informal) To open up one's books, especially in order to study.
You had better crack the books if you want to have any chance of graduating this year.
Of course he didn't even know that the Partition happened in the 1940s, let alone any details of cross-border disputes since then. It's not like that guy ever cracks a book.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cracked a book | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| cracked a book | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| cracking a book | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| cracks a book | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |