See crack on on Wiktionary
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"text": "Naked Twister will have to wait. I must crack on with my essay.",
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"ref": "2007 March 6, Julie Rutterford, Life on Mars, Season 2, Episode 3:",
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"text": "to crack on more sail, or more steam"
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