Meaning of crack on | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To continue (at a task) briskly or promptly.
   informal, intransitive
2. To continue apace.
   informal, intransitive
3. To put on.
   dated, transitive
4. To crack down on or arrest (someone).
   slang, transitive

Examples

“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.”

“"We strongly urge the Government to crack on with projects for electrifying lines throughout the UK or identify alternative lower-carbon motive power solutions."”

“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).”

“to crack on more sail, or more steam”

“They need to crack on those drug dealers.”

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