Usually means: Start working on something immediately.
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  1. get cracking: Merriam-Webster
  2. get cracking: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. get cracking: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. get cracking: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  11. get cracking: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  13. get cracking: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Get cracking, get cracking: Idioms

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  1. get cracking: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. get cracking: Urban Dictionary

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▸ verb:  (informal) To get started; to get busy.

Similar:
get moving, get going, get started, bestir oneself, get rolling, get weaving, get busy, get the ball rolling, jump to it, crack on, more...

Opposite:
procrastinate, dawdle, delay, linger, hesitate

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Similar:
get moving, get going, get started, bestir oneself, get rolling, get weaving, get busy, get the ball rolling, jump to it, crack on, more...

Opposite:
procrastinate, dawdle, delay, linger, hesitate



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