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crack a smile

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crack a smile (informal)
to smile, especially when you do not feel like smiling. The man barely cracked a smile at his friend's joke. (usually negative)
See also: crack, smile


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Inhabitants of Monte's world, it seems, can little afford to take it easy or, even less, crack a smile.
off Teri Hatcher tried not to crack a smile when she received the Funny Lady We Love 2006 award from Ladies Home Journal at the Cabana Club last week.
Whether Hurston would be pleased at the liberties taken with her authentic material is doubtful--she was critical of the free use made of "John Henry," for one prominent example--but she, along with Roy himself, might crack a smile at the pictures.
 
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