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.
Someone or something that tends to be unpredictable
Harry was always the joker in the pack at school.