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Verb: get cracking  get kra-king
Usage: informal
  1. Start to be active or busy
    "Get cracking, please!";
    - bestir oneself, get going, get moving [informal], get weaving [informal], get started

Derived forms: getting cracking, got cracking, gets cracking

Type of: begin, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out