crock up

• Verbe à particule britannique vieilli signifiant tomber en panne, échouer ou devenir incapable de fonctionner, souvent utilisé pour des machines ou la santé.

An obsolete British phrasal verb meaning to break down, fail, or become incapacitated, often used in the context of machinery or health.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. To break down or failinformalbritish

   To become damaged, fail, or collapse, often used for machinery or plans.

   Tomber en panne / échouer

   • The old car finally crocked up on the highway.
   • Our vacation plans crocked up when the flights were cancelled.
   • The heating system crocked up in the middle of winter.

   Synonymesbreak downcollapseconk outfailfall apartgive outgive waygo wrongmalfunction

2. To become ill or injuredinformalbritish

   To become sick or physically incapacitated.

   tomber malade

   • He crocked up with a bad back after lifting the heavy box.
   • She crocked up from overwork and had to take a week off.
   • The athlete crocked up during the final match.

   Synonymesbreak downcollapsekeel oversuccumb

   Antonymesconvalescehealmendrecoverrecuperate

Verbe de basecrock