get cracking

English

Verb

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.

   If I'm going to finish my homework by Thursday, I'd better get cracking.

Translations

(idiomatic) To get started; to get busy

• Russian: нача́ть (ru) (načátʹ) де́лать (ru) (délatʹ)

References

• “get cracking”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.