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cracked up to be
(redirected from cracked up as alleged or understood to be)

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cracked up to be something and cracked up to be; cracked up as something
alleged or understood to be something. She was cracked up to be a pretty good player. She was cracked up as a pretty good golfer. (Used with the negative.) He is not the problem solving CEO that he was cracked up to be.
See also: cracked, up


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