Meaning of crack team | Babel Free

Definitions

A highly skilled, experienced and efficient team.

Examples

“She set the agency's crack team of detectives on the case.”

“The signal for starting was given at eleven o'clock, and horses, oxen, and men appeared equally to enter the scene; here was no false starting, no attempt at jockeying, no underhand endeavours to exclude the crack teams—honest competition and honest rivalry […]”

“He then proceeded to congratulate them on the distinction gained by the splendid victory over the crack team composed of the Commander-in-Chief and his Staff, […]”

“Bush and Cheney put a crack team of lawyers and spin doctors into the Florida fight, while the Republican secretary of state, Katherine Harris, consistently interpreted Florida election law in ways favorable to Bush and adverse to Gore.”

“Pressed by pending U.S. clean-air regulations, a crack team of Honda engineers had been assigned to develop an engine that could satisfy the new law.”

“In 2019, when Theresa May was in danger of being ousted as prime minister by members of her own party, a crack team carried around gaffer tape in different colours so that they could tape over door signs lest she be photographed next to a sign saying “EXIT” (another trap that Mr Sunak has already fallen into).”

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