crack on

English

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Verb

crack on (third-person singular simple present cracks on, present participle cracking on, simple past and past participle cracked on)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic, often with 'with') To continue at a task briskly or promptly.

   I must crack on with my essay.

   • 1888, Kipling, The Madness of Private Ortheris:

     What's the use of cracking-on for nothing? Would you slip it now if you got the chance?

2. To continue apace.

   The project is really cracking on.

3. (transitive, dated) To put on.

   to crack on more sail, or more steam

References

• “crack on”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.