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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



... sentence on the page. "Why, I've heard uncle say that a dozen times!" he exclaimed, as he read the familiar line, "'The hand of the diligent maketh rich.' That worked all right in uncle's case, and it will be an easy one to live up to, for, if I buckle down to it, and sell a whole lot of vegetables, I can prove my motto is the best." From that day Abbot began to feel a sense of ownership in the wheel ...
— The Quilt that Jack Built; How He Won the Bicycle • Annie Fellows Johnston

... to remain until next summer, and he and Chester Haynes had had the time of their lives, for which they could never thank the kind parent enough. The son meant to prove his gratitude by acts instead of words, for he intended to buckle down to hard work and not rest until he was through West Point and had become General of the United States ...
— The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters • Edward S. Ellis



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