get cracking

get cracking {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal}

To hurry up, to start moving fast. (Used mostly as an imperative).

Come on, you guys, let's get cracking! (Let's hurry up!)

Compare: GET GOING 2.

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[cracking] See: [GET CRACKING] - at [GET GOING] (2). A Dictionary of American Idioms

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