crack on



crack on

To do or (especially) continue doing something fervently, determinedly, or with great haste. Crack on with that report, Tom, we need it by this afternoon. After a moment of insight into how I would end the story, I decided to crack on with my novel until the break of morning.
See also: crack, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Patrick['pætrik]
EarnestUR-nəstEnglish
Hrodulf-Ancient Germanic
LilianLIL-ee-ən (English)English, French
Bernardbər-NAHRD (English), BUR-nərd (English), ber-NAHR (French), BER-nahrt (Polish, Croatian)English, French, Dutch, Polish, Croatian, Slovene, Czech, Ancient Germanic
Hadİ-Turkish