crack open
verb1
Informal To open (a bottle, can, etc. of drink, especially alcoholic drink), especially in order to celebrate; also extended to other packaged items.
- crack open a cold one
- Let's crack open a few beers and get the party started.
1 more example
- After Christmas dinner we cracked open a box of chocolates.
2
Informal To start reading (a book).
- You better crack open that algebra textbook if you plan on passing your mid-term exam.
3
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see crack, open.
- I cracked open the fossilised rock with a hammer.
- Related terms
- cracked open, nutcracker, church key, cold one, pop-top