verb
start to be active
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Get cracking, please!
• Syn: ↑get cracking, ↑bestir oneself, ↑get going, ↑get moving, ↑get weaving, ↑get started
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Main Entry: ↑get
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get rolling
informal
1 : to leave
We ought to get rolling if we don't want to be late.
2 : to start doing something
You should get rolling on that assignment.
The project finally got rolling. [=got started]
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Main Entry: ↑roll
Useful english dictionary. 2012.