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crack on

verb

  1. informal,  to continue to do something as quickly as possible

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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"All we can do is crack on and relentlessly tell the story of the government and what we are doing successfully," said a source.

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"If you want to complain about the performance, be my guest, crack on. We're delighted with the three points," the captain said.

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I just have to crack on and do my own thing.

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But 25 minutes into that journey, the pilot was forced to return to Luanda "after a heavy crack on the aircraft's wind shield distorted what had started as a smooth flight", the Super Eagles' representative said.

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Picture the scene - the government decides it really has to crack on with some welfare cuts after all and ministers announce them.

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