crack something (wide) open
- crack something (wide) open
crack something (wide) open
1. Lit. to crack or split something. •
An incredible eruption cracked the volcano wide open.
2. Fig. to expose and reveal some great wrongdoing. •
The police cracked the drug ring wide open.
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The newspaper story cracked the trouble at city hall wide open.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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