"get cracking" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: gets cracking [present, singular, third-person], getting cracking [participle, present], got cracking [past], got cracking [UK, participle, past], gotten cracking [US, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> cracking}} get cracking (third-person singular simple present gets cracking, present participle getting cracking, simple past got cracking, past participle (UK) got cracking or (US) gotten cracking)
  1. (informal) To get started; to get busy. Tags: informal Translations ((idiomatic) To get started; to get busy): нача́ть де́лать (načátʹ) (Russian)
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Download raw JSONL data for get cracking meaning in All languages combined (1.5kB)

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