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Discover LudwigThe phrase "cracked out" is correct and usable in written English, though it is informal and may carry negative connotations.
It can be used to describe someone who is acting erratically or in a hyperactive manner, often due to drug use or extreme stress.
Example: "After staying up for three days straight, he was completely cracked out and couldn't focus on anything."
Alternatives: "wired" or "jacked up."
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"But the performance was kind of cracked out".
After shivering in the middle of a school playing field, I cracked: out came my best winter coat.
Sadly no one told NBC host Bob Costas who cracked out an Amin reference at the sight of the Ugandan team.
But I spent all my money on this cracked out piece of shit called the bass guitar!' - set to a thrashed-out rhythm on said instrument and his motley crew yelling the chorus.
"I auditioned for Alan Ball for Lauren's part in 'Six Feet Under.' In the pilot, she smokes crack, and I think I played it so cracked out and over the top that he was, like, 'What the fuck?
This exhibition assembles the working photographs that came from Mr. Acconci's camera during those first actions, and they are as raw as an egg just cracked out of its shell.
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Sometimes I go all in and crack out the teapot.
She even cracks out a comedy: "I'm sorry, Matilda, I don't understand your question".
"Sometimes, when we gather around the bonfire, we can hear the ice cracking out on Lake Superior.
Time to crack out Michael Gambon, Jeremy Irons, Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, the entire cast of "Pride and Prejudice".
Preparing Nicola's bedroom, Helen envisages jolly evenings spent cracking out tunes on the ukulele.
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