crack on

Verb

crack on (third-person singular simple present cracks on, present participle cracking on, simple past and past participle cracked on)

1. (informal, intransitive) To continue (at a task) briskly or promptly.
   • Naked Twister will have to wait. I've got to crack on with my essay.
   • What's the use of cracking-on for nothing? Would you slip it now if you got the chance?1888, Kipling, The Madness of Private Ortheris

   Synonyms:

   get on

2. (informal, intransitive) To continue apace.
   • The project is really cracking on.
   • We crack on eastbound, passing the station at Worksop and that at Retford Low Level (I'm following the route with great interest thanks to my Quail atlas).2022 December 14, Pip Dunn, “Caroline is ready for inspection...”, in RAIL, number 972, page 51
3. (dated, transitive) To put on.
   • to crack on more sail, or more steam
4. (slang, transitive) To crack down on or arrest (someone).
   • They need to crack on those drug dealers.