cracking

See: GET CRACKING — at GET GOING (2).

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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: […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

get going

[get going] {v.}, {informal} 1. To excite; stir up and make angry. * /The boys' teasing gets John going./ * /Talking about her freckles gets Mary going./ 2. or {chiefly […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

get off one's tail

[get off one's tail] {v. phr.}, {slang} To get busy, to start working. * /OK you guys! Get off your tails and get cracking!/ A Dictionary of American Idioms

crack a joke

[crack a joke] {v. phr.}, {informal} To make a joke; tell a joke. * /The men sat around the stove, smoking and cracking jokes./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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