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Buckle down   /bˈəkəl daʊn/   Listen
Buckle down

verb
1.
Work very hard, like a slave.  Synonyms: break one's back, knuckle down, slave.






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"Buckle down" Quotes from Famous Books



... use, dear. Things can't go on like this any longer. I've got to buckle down to work again. I've ... I...I haven't told you yet: Schwarz is letting ...
— Maurice Guest • Henry Handel Richardson

... the morning of the entertainment, "let us hope we'll have just one more peaceful evening to reap the reward of all this training. It would break the heart of Sergeant Barney if the order came for every one to buckle down to hard work just when his big show ...
— Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines - The German Spy's Secret • Charles Amory Beach



Words linked to "Buckle down" :   do work, slave, work



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