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buckle down

verb

Etymology

From buckle + down.

Definitions

  1. To apply oneself to study, or a task or work

    To apply oneself to study, or a task or work; to focus on or take a serious attitude towards something; to put forth the needed effort.

    • If he would buckle down and do his homework, he could be an excellent student.
    • I confess that the recollection of what this bell could do when it buckled down to it gave me pause as I stood that night at 12.30 p.m. prompt beside the outhouse where it was located.

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