crack on

Definitions

1. 1

   To continue (at a task) briskly or promptly.

   • Naked Twister will have to wait. I've got to crack on with my essay.
   • What's the use of cracking-on for nothing? Would you slip it now if you got the chance?
   • Landlady: You're not stoppin' for a brew? Gene Hunt: No thanks, love. Better crack on.
2. 2

   To continue apace.

   • The project is really cracking on.
   • We crack on eastbound, passing the station at Worksop and that at Retford Low Level (I'm following the route with great interest thanks to my Quail atlas).
3. 3

   To put on.

   • to crack on more sail, or more steam
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   1. 4

      To crack down on or arrest (someone).

      • They need to crack on those drug dealers.

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