Crock Up (Verb)
Meaning
Suffer a nervous breakdown.
Classification
Verbs of feeling.
Examples
- The pressure of the job was too much and she began to crock up under the strain.
- After losing his family home in the fire, it wasn't long before he started to crock up.
- With the stress of the exams and her parents splitting up, Emily began to crock up.
- He had been hiding his true feelings for years, but eventually he started to crock up.
- The loss of his job, his car, and his relationship in quick succession caused him to finally crock up.