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crack of dawnThe first moment of daylight; sunrise.Rate it:

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handbags at dawnA catty squabble.Rate it:

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new dawnA new beginning; a fresh start; an important, promising turning point.Rate it:

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dawn onTo occur to somebody; to be realized.Rate it:

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the darkest hour is just before the dawnThe worst situation comes before a good one.Rate it:

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dawn of a new dayA new beginning; a fresh start; an important, promising turning point.Rate it:

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black don't crackPeople of African descent tend to wrinkle less with age than people with fairer skin.Rate it:

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hard nut to crackA situation, person, group, etc. which is difficult to overcome or deal with.Rate it:

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take a crack atTo attempt or try.Rate it:

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crack down onTo enforce laws or punish more vigilantly.Rate it:

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crack upTo laugh heartily.Rate it:

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employ a steam engine to crack a nutto do a simple task in an overcomplicated manner.Rate it:

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tough nut to crackA difficult or sticky problem.Rate it:

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crack upTo become insane; to suffer a mental breakdown.Rate it:

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you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omeletteIn order to achieve something, it is inevitable and necessary that something should be destroyed.Rate it:

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hard nut to crackA problem that is challenging to solve.Rate it:

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crack a cribTo break into a house.Rate it:

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use a sledgehammer to crack a nutTo use significantly excessive force to carry out an action; to do something overzealouslyRate it:

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crack a bookTo open up one's books, especially in order to study.Rate it:

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crack a fatTo have an erection.Rate it:

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crack a smileTo smile, especially while attempting not to.Rate it:

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crack a smileTo begin to smile.Rate it:

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crack downTo enforce more stringently or more thoroughly.Rate it:

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crack onTask.Rate it:

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crack ontoTo flirt with; to approach and speak to, seeking romance, love, sex, etc.Rate it:

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crack throughTo penetrateRate it:

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crack throughTo overcome, get byRate it:

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crack upTo cause to laugh heartily.Rate it:

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crack-upAircraft crash, crash landing,Rate it:

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crack-upOne can 'crack-up' emotionally with laughter or tears as a result of an observation, a joke, a story, a scene, a sequence in a movie, opera, stage play or animal, baby or children;s antics:Rate it:

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good black don't crackAlternative form of black don't crackRate it:

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hard nut to crackUsed other than as an idiom: see hard, nut, crack.Rate it:

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hard nut to crackAn amount that is difficult to finance.Rate it:

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hard nut to crackA place, opportunity, etc. to which it is difficult to gain entry.Rate it:

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like crackVery addicting.Rate it:

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plumber's crackAny male that has his pants sliding down his butt and the top of his "cheeks" are showing.Rate it:

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Tough Nut to CrackSomething that’s not much easier to understand or difficult to do; harder to solve a problemRate it:

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what's the crackAlternative form of what's the craicRate it:

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you crack me up.One that makes someone else to laugh.Rate it:

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from can see to can't seeFrom the time when it is barely light enough to see until there is no light remaining whatsoever: from sunup to sundown, from dawn to duskRate it:

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domus rimas agitthe house walls are beginning to crack.Rate it:

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hit the rockTo use crack cocaine.Rate it:

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timing is everythingConsideration of other events can greatly influence some desired outcome (such as an audience laughing to a comedian's joke).Telling the old joke about a butt-crack was not a good idea, just as the plumber arrived, Bob.You know what they say: "timing is everything." I'm sure we can find another plumber before the house floods.Rate it:

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un coup de fouet(lit.) A crack of a whip; (fig.) A sudden contraction of the muscles of the leg (or back).Rate it:

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