crack a smile

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crack a smile

To smile. I got the baby to crack a smile by clapping and singing.
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crack a smile

to grin; to smile. I was tellin' my best jokes, but Jim never cracked a smile. She looked surprised, and then cracked a big, beautiful smile.
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crack a smile

Smile, as in Betty was a very serious person; she rarely cracked a smile. This colloquialism transfers crack in the sense of "break" to breaking a serious facial expression into a smile.
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'Saucy' reference in vicar's speech has people smirking - and even Victoria Beckham cracked a smile
Piers Morgan savages David and Victoria Beckham for chewing gum and looking miserable at the royal wedding; The Good Morning Britain host joked that David can forget his knighthood now
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