get cracking

Idioms and Phrases

see under get a move on .

Example Sentences

Diners told Langer they were there to support him and his call for City Hall to get cracking.

From Los Angeles Times

I can't wait to join the Global family and get cracking.

From BBC

The teams are out at a floodlit Firhill, let's get cracking.

From BBC

Surely he’d come back, pop in a Mozart CD and get cracking on a new project.

From New York Times

A former sub-postmaster who says his life was ruined by the Post Office scandal has called on the prime minister to "get cracking" with plans to exonerate and compensate victims.

From BBC

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