I'm learning English.
"Come on, let's get cracking. It's a wonderful thing to have so many devoted friends."
What's the meaning of " get cracking "
2007-05-23 03:18:38 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
"get cracking" means the same thing as "get started", or "get on with it".
Whenever I use it, I mean "come on, lets do this!"
Hope this helps!
2007-05-23 03:27:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
back in the slave days there was a person in charge of the workers in the fields and if one of the slaves was not working they would get cracked with the whip of the field boss. So the saying lets get cracking comes from the slave owners telling the field boss to get everybody working.
2007-05-23 03:31:15 · answer #2 · answered by Frank J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually "let's get cracking" means let's get going or let's get started.
2007-05-23 03:22:27 · answer #3 · answered by me_myself_&_eye 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get cracking originally referred to the sound a whip made when used on a horse to speed him up.
2007-05-23 03:26:59 · answer #4 · answered by TAT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get cracking means...
a) time to work harder - [from crack the whip]
b) time for breakfast! [from cracking the eggs]
c) time to get HIGH [on crack, the drug]
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It's actually A, but b&c are kinda fun too.
2007-05-23 05:15:52 · answer #5 · answered by Nimbot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means, let's get started.
2007-05-23 03:20:43 · answer #6 · answered by sonfai81 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means 'let's get moving, let's hurry up'. But this doesn't seem to make sense in the context of the rest of your sentence.
2007-05-23 03:22:28 · answer #7 · answered by SLF 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means...lets get going, or started, put your self to the grind stone (get working) lol
2007-05-23 03:21:54 · answer #8 · answered by jonni_hayes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get started. Get going. Put some effort forth.
2007-05-23 03:20:58 · answer #9 · answered by Therious 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read that article as well! It is very interesting. Any who, it means a code that the CIA cant figure out or solve/decipher.
2016-04-01 04:04:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋