cracking on
Getting moving again
Cracking on means getting started or continuing with energy and determination, especially on a task or journey.
Primarily British: We'd better crack on if we want to finish by five.
It can also mean making good progress: The builders are really cracking on now.
In British slang, cracking on with someone means flirting or making romantic advances.
- get a move onCommand to hasten
- knuckle downApply oneself earnestly
- buckle downApply oneself determinedly
- forge aheadProceed with determination
- full steam aheadComplete commitment to progress
advance · proceed · hit the ground running · continue · drive · hustle · soldier on · nose to the grindstone · persevere · press on · step on it · pick up the pace · make headway · move forward · carry on · plow ahead · push forward · keep going
cracking onstalling
Intentional delay tactics
slacking off · dawdling · procrastinating · dithering · dragging one's feet
cracking onstagnating
Ceasing to develop
spinning one's wheels · going nowhere · treading water · bogging down · grinding to a halt