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crack open

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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. The newspaper story cracked the trouble at city hall wide open.
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crack open

[for something brittle] to break or split open. The egg cracked open and a chick worked its way out. The side of the mountain cracked open and molten lava flowed out.
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Everyone who enjoys pearls dreams about what it must feel like to crack open an oyster to reveal a beautifully perfect, lustrous pearl.
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One industry insider said: "Down one, up one is better than down, down - but no reason to crack open the champagne.
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