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CROCK UP

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Dictionary entry overview: What does crock up mean?

• CROCK UP (verb)
The verb CROCK UP has 1 sense:

1. suffer a nervous breakdown

Familiarity information: CROCK UP used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CROCK UP (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Suffer a nervous breakdown

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

crack up; crock up; collapse; break up; crack

Hypernyms (to "crock up" is one way to...):

get; have; suffer; sustain (undergo (as of injuries and illnesses))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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