"crack a book" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: cracks a book [present, singular, third-person], cracking a book [participle, present], cracked a book [participle, past], cracked a book [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} crack a book (third-person singular simple present cracks a book, present participle cracking a book, simple past and past participle cracked a book)
  1. (informal) To open up one's books, especially in order to study. Tags: informal Related terms: hit the books
    Sense id: en-crack_a_book-en-verb-EhkV~E~T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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