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Discover LudwigThe phrase "crack about" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means to make a joke or a witty remark about something or someone. Example: During the meeting, John couldn't resist making a crack about his boss's funny tie, causing everyone to burst into laughter.
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Bond even makes a crack about safe sex here.
He made a crack about how she had crowded the plate.
Before the Rodarte show, one of the photographers made a crack about the "teenage front row".
At one point she makes a nasty crack about "old Negroes with new money".
"I made some crack about the personalities at Amazon," she said.
It's Nicol who makes a crack about Palestinians at a gathering.
Fey made a crack about Lena Dunham, she made a crack about Glenn Close being sauced (Close played along admirably), and then she made a crack about Swift's rep for serial romance.
When there some soft spoken gentlewoman makes a crack about the Yankees.
The absolute low point comes with a racist crack about Barack Obama.
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His crack about Dimona superseding Amona summarizes the heart of his appeal.
In a nod to maternal sensitivities, I will not make a crack about "Baby Spanx".
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