CRACKED UP Definition & Meaning

cracked up

cracked up to be . Reputed to be. This expression is always used in a negative way, as in I don't think this book is all it's cracked up to be . It relies on the now obsolete use of to crack up to mean “to praise extravagantly.” It appeared in The Kentuckian : “He is not the thing he is cracked up for” (May 28, 1829). [Early 1800s]
Under the influence of crack (a form of cocaine). For example, “Who's cracked up, who's cracked out, and who's dead?” ( World News Tonight , ABC-TV, May 12, 1992). [1980s]
Past tense of crack up .

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I cracked up, and it felt like sobbing.

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As for whether AI is actually all it’s cracked up to be, according to its promoters — that reckoning is still to come.

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Suddenly aware of her powers, she cracked up.

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The painting, begun in 1503, is everything it’s cracked up to be.

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“Chosen One post-traumatic stress disorder. It’s kinda hard to get over someone wanting you dead because of a prophecy. Being the Chosen One is not what it’s cracked up to be.”

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