crack
v.— «Over his 11-year pro career, Arce has built a reputation as a ferocious puncher and fearless warrior with a heart as big as his personality. He can clown, but as they say in boxing, he can crack, too.» —“Boxing: Mexican star Arce promises to put on big show” by John Whisler Express-News (San Antonio, Texas) Apr. 11, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Aubrey in Waco, Texas, says her mother used to warn the kids against contracting honkus of the bonkus, a fanciful name for a contagious disease. This colloquial term probably comes from the words bonk and konk, meaning “to hit” or...
A Dallas, Texas, woman and her friends often use the expression All the things to mean something like and whatnot or as a way to signal a kind of mutual understanding, suggesting something similar to the phrase you know. This sense probably comes...