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crease

2 verb
     
crease2 [intransitive and transitive]
to become marked with a line or lines, or to make a line appear on cloth, paper etc by folding or crushing it [↪ crumple]:
Don't sit on my newspaper. You'll crease it!
These trousers crease really easily.
A worried frown creased her forehead.
—creased adjective:
This shirt is too creased to wear.

crease (somebody) up

phrasal verb
British English spoken to laugh a lot, or to make someone laugh a lot:
She really creases me up!
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