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B2 — Upper Intermediate💼 Work & Money

Fare il crack

To go bust / to crash spectacularly

Literal Translation

"To make the crack"

What it means

To go bankrupt in a dramatic, public way

Example in context

"La banca ha fatto il crack dopo gli scandali finanziari."

"The bank went bust after the financial scandals."

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