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buckle down
verb as in work very hard
Weak matches
- address
- apply oneself
- attend to
- bend
- concentrate on
- dedicate oneself to
- devote oneself to
- exert oneself
- get serious
- give
- give oneself over to
- keep close to
- keep one's mind on
- knuckle down
- launch into
- occupy oneself with
- pitch in
- plunge into
- put one's hand to the plow
- put one's nose to the grindstone
- set to
- swing into action
- take the bull by the horns
- throw
- turn
Example Sentences
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’s expense.
But Kobe wasn’t about excuses, so I buckled down and shot some more.
“Being a farmer, you have good years, you have bad years. When you have those bad years, you buckle down, and you work harder,” Bailey said.
We just got to buckle down, stick with each other and not let this break us apart.”
“Tonight, I felt like we had to buckle down and help one another, especially when Sharpe and Brogdon got it going in that overtime as well as before overtime,” Sexton said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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