buckle
71buckle down — Synonyms and related words: be determined, be in earnest, be resolved, buckle to, cross the Rubicon, die fighting, die hard, endeavor, go all out, go for broke, hump, hump it, knuckle down, lay to, mean business, never say die, ply the oar, spare …
72buckle down — PHRASAL VERB If you buckle down to something, you start working seriously at it. [INFORMAL] [V P to n] He has buckled down to work in the reserves... [V P] I just buckled down and got on with playing. Syn: knuckle down …
73buckle under — PHRASAL VERB If you buckle under to a person or a situation, you do what they want you to do, even though you do not want to do it. [V P to n] Protesters accused Wilson of buckling under to right wing religious groups... [V P] If he yelled and… …
74buckle down — work harder, try harder, bite the bullet Next term I m going to buckle down and get good grades …
75buckle under — quit, lose, not try, give up We re losing, but we won t buckle under. We won t quit …
76buckle down — tackle a task with determination. → buckle …
77buckle down — to do the work you need to do. Schools, parents, and students need to buckle down and find ways to reach the new standards …
78buckle down — Isaac finally began to buckle down in his junior year Syn: get (down) to work, set to work, get down to business; work hard, apply oneself, make an effort, be industrious, be diligent, focus …
79buckle-a-doing-it — set about it. York. The common expression is BUCKLE TO …
80buckle joint — noun see buckle I, 5 …
