phrasal verb (informal) · informal
get cracking
/ɡet ˈkrækɪŋ/get CRACK·ing
to start doing something quickly and with energy
Examples
“We'd better get cracking if we want to finish by noon.”
“The teacher told the students to get cracking on the group project.”
“I've got to get cracking — the bus leaves in ten minutes.”
Band 8 sentence
“We only have two hours, so let's get cracking and divide the tasks straight away.”
Collocations
- get cracking on sth
- get cracking with sth
Word family
Common mistakes
We should start cracking now.→We should get cracking now.
Let's cracking on the project.→Let's get cracking on the project.
Say it for a higher band
5start→6get started→7+get cracking
Synonyms
get started
get going
Easily confused
get going
“We should get going if we don't want to be late.”
get started
“Let's get started on the assignment after lunch.”
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