They had been having a good crack, becoming detached from the rest of the group.
It's a good crack and there's still some of the old crowd down there.
"Let me get just one good crack at them," said the Gossiper, almost as if he were praying or, more likely, talking to himself.
"The primary process is not producing someone who has a good crack at winning in November."
He says "it was always our dream to at least come over here and give it a good crack early on".
Thursday, it will become clear if a good, sharp crack on the bean has brought them around.
That said, I accept he deals with big subjects and gives a good crack at them.
Why didn't they get together, like a couple of regular fellows, and have a good old crack?
And one good crack with the back of your hand sorts it out for a couple of minutes.