crack on

Verb

Meaning

(intransitive, idiomatic, often with 'with') To continue at a task briskly or promptly.
Naked Twister will have to wait. I must crack on with my essay.

To continue apace.
The project is really cracking on.

(transitive, dated) To put on.
to crack on more sail, or more steam

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Examples

Being made to feel like an irrelevant child was probably an asset. Benign negligence is not a bad parental attitude or at least a cross between a benevolent dictator and benign negligence - you should just let kids crack on with it. Clare Balding

If my leg falls off, I'll get a prosthetic. There'd be no deep sadness about. I'd just get on with it! It's called life, and I love life. You have to be positive, and you have to crack on no matter what. John Lydon

When I'm dancing with any woman, I immediately get rid of intimacy barriers. I just give her a big hug and crack on. Anton du Beke

If you don't mend up a small crack on the wall you end up building the entire wall. African Proverb

He figured Shaebia (his financiers and enablers) will be long gone before TPLF has a minor crack on its bone. Source: Internet

He spotted the crack on Mildred street, near Bella Vista, on the way to work one day. Source: Internet

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