crack on
(intransitive, informal) To continue (at a task) briskly or promptly.
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Almost a year already? Better crack on with #2 in the series – this one's set in Dorset and reveals some of my own family's history. www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2517956...
I got a bit carried away with gardening last week, and now I'm paying for it. I forgot about my age, aches, and ailments. Turns out you can't just pop pills and crack on
You're being played by the far right. Are Labour perfect? Absolutely not but they've introduced many things that will benefit us. I don't recall anyone demanding Tory scum resign. You're being played. But sure if y…
😂😂 okey doke Eddy you crack on lad
Yeah I need to stop being a shit northener and just crack on
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(intransitive, informal) To continue (at a task) briskly or promptly.
Naked Twister will have to wait. I've got to crack on with my essay.
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(transitive, dated) To put on.
“😂😂 okey doke Eddy you crack on lad”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Yeah I need to stop being a shit northener and just crack on”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Ha ha ha… yeah. Crack on soft lad. Whatever you and Putin say, eh!?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Thanks to everyone for some anime suggestion. I think I will crack on with Eden of the East first, and then see where to go, particularly given that anime can be STUPID expensive on disc.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(intransitive, informal) To continue apace.
“I got a bit carried away with gardening last week, and now I'm paying for it. I forgot about my age, aches, and ailments. Turns out you can't just pop pills and crack on”
“Almost a year already? Better crack on with #2 in the series – this one's set in Dorset and reveals some of my own family's history. www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2517956...”
What's the use of cracking-on for nothing? Would you slip it now if you got the chance?
“Almost a year already? Better crack on with #2 in the series – this one's set in Dorset and reveals some of my own family's history. www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2517956...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I got a bit carried away with gardening last week, and now I'm paying for it. I forgot about my age, aches, and ailments. Turns out you can't just pop pills and crack on”
— Bluesky· May 2026“You're being played by the far right. Are Labour perfect? Absolutely not but they've introduced many things that will benefit us. I don't recall anyone demanding Tory scum resign. You're being played. But sure if you wanna risk Reform crack on.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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