If he even cracks a "c"on this project

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[FONT=&#44404]She seems to be worried about her son's bad grade, but what is "crack"?[/FONT]​
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[FONT=&#44404]Dylia- If he even cracks a "c"on this project, [/FONT]​
[FONT=&#44404]I can live with getting a "c" on my parenting.

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I'm guessing it means achieves/gets.

Grades are capitalised, so you don't need inverted commas: '. . .getting a C'.

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I'm guessing it means achieves/gets.

Grades are capitalised, so you don't need inverted commas: '. . .getting a C'.

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I couldn't find that definition in the dictionary, is it only specific in American English as an idiom?
 

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I couldn't find that definition in the dictionary, is it only specific in American English as an idiom?

Probably - that's why I had to guess.

It's not idiomatic in BE.

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