cut/crack jokes

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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  1. Don’t cut jokes. I am talking seriously about this issue.
  2. Don’t crack jokes. I am talking seriously about this issue.
    Are these sentences correct?
    Thanks.
2

We don’t use ‘cutting a joke’.

In the term ‘crack a joke’, the word ‘crack’ does not mean anything like ‘cut’. It just means ‘tell a joke’.

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Beeesneees,
Can I say as below:
2. Don’t make jokes. I am talking seriously about this issue.
Thanks.

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yes