CRACKED (ON) Synonyms: 108 Similar and Opposite Words

cracked (on)

verb

Definition of cracked (on)

past tense of crack (on)

as in hurried

to proceed or move quickly the postman cracked on in an effort to get the mail delivered on time

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Joe and Julius hurried ahead and instantly found a blood trail.

— Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026
RockHounds players and training staff hurried to tend to Lasko, and Taylor dropped to one knee near the warning track.

— Zach Powell, New York Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of hurried

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Kevitt lost his right leg in a 2013 hit-and-run collision in Griffith Park while riding his bicycle after the car sped off and dragged him down a freeway onramp.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
Police say Wright sped up and drove toward them, striking the man so hard that he was sent into the air before landing on the roadway.

— Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026

Definition of sped

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Members of the community rushed to support the toddler’s family after his death, Atlanta News First reported at the time.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
Water rushed in through the openings, and the ship foundered so quickly that most of the 500 men onboard were lost.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 July 2026

Definition of rushed

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Mohammad Taj, who travelled to Delhi from neighboring Haryana state, and whose face was badly bruised in the Monday crackdown, said the march heading to parliament had been peaceful.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Coronilla Durán traveled from his hometown of San Luis de la Paz, in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, to Atlanta to visit family and friends, according to Isaret Jeffers, founder of Colectivo Arbol, a farmworkers advocacy group.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026

Definition of traveled

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One rainy afternoon in August, Jean Booth scurried up the stairs of a nondescript Thai restaurant tucked into a strip mall off the highway, shook out her blue, shoulder-length hair and took out her phone.

— Juliet Linderman, Fortune, 16 July 2026
The plane stopped, passengers scurried to the terminal and airport employees climbed up on the wings trying to keep the airliner from blowing away.

— Dan Kelly July 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026

Definition of scurried

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Ohtani trotted home on his bad knee – which will prevent him from pitching indefinitely but not hitting – when Freddie Freeman dumped a two-out, two-strike RBI single into center field.

— Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 20 July 2026
Joe Biden famously trotted across the road shaking hands and kissing babies during Pittsburgh’s Labor Day parade in 2015.

— Salena Zito, Washington Post, 1 July 2026

Definition of trotted

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Tribal members drove around in a beat-up Buick flinging matches out the window.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
Giant armored bulldozers—now Caterpillar model D9—stabbed their front blades into the ground and drove forward, flipping fields and shaving off orchards.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

Definition of drove

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