buckle down

Language: en

Meaning: (intransitive,originallyUS,idiomatic)Toapplyoneself tostudy, or ataskorwork; tofocuson or take aseriousattitudetowards something; to put forth theneededeffort.Synonym:buckle toIf he wouldbuckle downand do his homework, he could be an excellent student.1934October 5,P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XXII, inRight Ho, Jeeves, London:Herbert Jenkins[…],→OCLC,page280:I confess that the recollection of what this bell could do when itbuckled downto 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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