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buckle down

verb

  1. informal.
    intr, adverb to apply oneself with determination

    to buckle down to a job

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

Set to work, apply oneself with determination, as in All right, we'll buckle down now and study for exams . Originating about 1700 as buckle to , the expression gained currency with the football song 鈥淏uckle-Down, Winsocki鈥 (from the Broadway musical comedy Best Foot Forward , 1941). [Mid-1800s]
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These days, her family is buckling down, worried about job security, and a possible economic downturn, which experts believe could be more likely because of US President Donald Trump's tariffs.

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鈥淪he鈥檚 a sophomore who has really become a leader on the court and buckled down,鈥 Alexander said.

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Players took the words right out of his mouth, he said, barking to each other about buckling down on defense and limiting fouls.

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The Lynx buckled down after that with an 11-0 run of their own and were well on their way to a 2-0 record on the young season, both wins coming at Seattle鈥檚 expense.

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But Kobe wasn鈥檛 about excuses, so I buckled down and shot some more.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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