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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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noun

A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined

“a king's accession to a confederacy”

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get cracking

Part of Speechverb

To get started; to get busy.

In a Sentence

“If I'm going to finish my homework by Thursday, I'd better get cracking.”

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Related Words

get startedget movingget goingbestir oneselfget rollingget weavingget busyget the ball rolling

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