go crook

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go crook

lose your temper

become angry

become ill - Australian & New Zealand informal

Crook in late 19th-century Australian slang meant bad or unpleasant.

1950 - Coast to Coast 1949-50 - What'd you do if you were expelled? Y'r old man'd go crook, I bet.


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be crook on

be annoyed by - Australian & New Zealand informal

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