Crack open a/the bottle phrase
To remove the top of a bottle of liquor to drink.
After cracking open a bottle, he poured a little red wine and invited her.
He cracked open a bottle and sniffed appreciatively before taking a sip of it.
1. To open something in a quick or forceful way
2. To allow something to be accessible to a wide range of people
The verb "crack" must be conjugated according to its tense.
The origin of this phrase is not clear.
If you swallow the bait, you take something that someone offers you, or agree to do something that someone asks you to do without knowing that it is a trick or way of getting something from you.
You can't just do whatever he wants you to do. Don't swallow the bait.