verb
start to be active
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Get cracking, please!
• Syn: ↑get cracking, ↑get going, ↑get moving, ↑get weaving, ↑get started, ↑get rolling
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EXERT ONESELF, make an effort, rouse oneself, get going, get moving, get on with it; informal shake a leg, look lively, get cracking, get weaving, get one's finger out, get off one's backside; Brit. informal, dated stir one's stumps.
→ bestir
Useful english dictionary. 2012.