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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[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

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[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

hurry up

[hurry up] {v. phr.} To rush (an emphatic form of hurry). * /Hurry up or we'll miss our plane./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

cracking

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

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