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English
Pronunciation
Verb
crack on (third-person singular simple present cracks on, present participle cracking on, simple past and past participle cracked on)
- (intransitive, idiomatic, often with 'with') To continue at a task briskly or promptly.
Naked Twister will have to wait. I must crack on with my essay.
2023 March 22, “Select Committee wants electrification at the heart of low-carbon initiative”, in RAIL, number 979, page 8:"We strongly urge the Government to crack on with projects for electrifying lines throughout the UK or identify alternative lower-carbon motive power solutions."
- To continue apace.
The project is really cracking on.
2022 December 14, Pip Dunn, “Caroline is ready for inspection...”, in RAIL, number 972, page 51: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).
- (transitive, dated) To put on.
- to crack on more sail, or more steam
Translations
continue doing something, especially with more effort than before
References
- “crack on”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.