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get crack·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. get cracking, bestir oneself, get going, get moving, get weaving, get started, get rollingverb

    start to be active

    "Get cracking, please!"

Wiktionary

  1. get crackingverb

    To get started; to get busy.

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  1. get cracking

    "Get cracking" is an idiomatic expression meaning to start doing something quickly or immediately, often with an emphasis on increasing one's speed or urgency. It suggests the initiation of action and a sense of haste.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of get cracking in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of get cracking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of get cracking in a Sentence

  1. Chief Executive Guido Kerkhoff:

    We will get cracking on that as quickly as possible and then see what the right moment is.

  2. Nigel Farage:

    I am also urging those in other campaigns who seem to think it is better to wait until the prime minister comes back from his renegotiation ... that this is a terrible mistake, that we are giving the prime minister a big head start in this and that is the wrong approach, the whole Eurosceptic movement needs to do two things: 1) get cracking, and 2) come together.


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