get cracking
IdiomsExample Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The time has come to get cracking on this problem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Diners told Langer they were there to support him and his call for City Hall to get cracking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2024
Ms Rigby said she now cannot wait to get cracking on tending to her garden again, adding: "I just can't thank everybody enough. I just can't wait for summer."
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2024
Surely he’d come back, pop in a Mozart CD and get cracking on a new project.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
I open my book and get cracking on the problems.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
