Synonyms for get cracking
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : krak |
| Phonetic Transcription : kræk |
Top 10 synonyms for get cracking Other synonyms for the word get cracking
- accelerate
- advance
- aid
- arise
- attack
- begin
- bound
- buckle down
- burn
- bustle
- career
- chip in
- clip
- come into being
- come into existence
- commence
- contribute
- contribute work
- cooperate
- course
- cover ground
- dart
- do
- do one's bit
- embark on
- enter upon
- expedite
- express
- fall to
- fire up
- flash
- flee
- fleet
- fling
- flit
- gallop
- get a move on
- get cracking
- get it on
- get one's feet wet
- get show on road
- get the lead out
- go like lightning
- go like the wind
- go to it
- goad
- haste
- hasten
- help
- help; get busy
- hie
- hit the ground running
- hop to it
- hotfoot
- hurry
- hurry up
- hustle
- inaugurate
- initiate
- join in
- jump in
- jump into
- kick off
- launch
- lead off
- leap
- lend a hand
- look alive
- lose no time
- make haste
- make it snappy
- make short work of
- make time
- make tracks
- move quickly
- not lose a minute
- open
- originate
- pace
- participate
- plunge
- plunge into
- precipitate
- press
- push
- quicken
- race
- roll
- run
- run like the wind
- rush
- sail
- scamper
- scoot
- scramble
- scud
- scurry
- scuttle
- set about
- set to
- shake a leg
- shoot
- skip
- snap to it
- speed
- speed up
- sprint
- spurt
- start the ball rolling
- step on gas
- step on it
- step up
- streak
- subscribe
- surge
- tackle
- take up
- take wing
- tear
- tear into
- tee off
- trot
- urge
- volunteer
- wade in
- waste no time
- whip around
- whisk
- whiz
- zip
- zoom
Définition of get cracking
Origin :- Old English cracian "make a sharp noise," from Proto-Germanic *krakojan (cf. Middle Dutch craken, Dutch kraken, German krachen), probably imitative. Related: Cracked; cracking. To crack a smile is from 1840s; to crack the whip in the figurative sense is from 1940s.
- As in pitch in : verb help out
- As in rush : verb hurry, speed
- As in festinate : verb rush
- As in commence : verb start action
- As in get the lead out : verb hurry
- As in hasten : verb speed something; hurry
Antonyms for get cracking
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