crack onto
C1 slang inseparable transitive
In simple words
To flirt with or try to get someone to like you romantically.
Meanings
1 C1
idiomatic
slang
Australian slang: to flirt with or make romantic advances toward someone.
"Everyone at the party could see he was trying to crack onto the new girl."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Distinctly Australian slang. Not widely understood outside Australia. Can range from innocent flirting to more persistent approaches. Learners outside Australia are unlikely to encounter this.
Commonly used with
someone girl guy mate stranger
Forms
Base
crack onto
I/you/we/they
3rd person
cracks onto
he/she/it
Past simple
cracked onto
yesterday
Past participle
cracked onto
have + pp
-ing form
cracking onto
continuous
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