Antonyms for buckle down
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : buhk-uhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʌk əl |
Definition of buckle down
Origin :- "spiked metal ring for holding a belt, etc., c.1300, bukel, from Old French bocle "boss (of a shield)," then "shield," then by further extension "buckle, metal ring," (12c., Modern French boucle), from Latin buccula "cheek strap of a helmet," in Late Latin "boss of a shield," diminutive of bucca "cheek" (see bouche).
- Boucle in the middle ages had the double sense of a "shield's boss" and "a ring"; the last sense has alone survived, and it metaph. developed in the boucle de cheveux, ringlets. [Kitchin]
- verb work very hard
- Why not be content with his little success and buckle down to his profession?
- Extract from : « That Fortune » by Charles Dudley Warner
- You buckle down and attend to your work for a spell, thats my advice to you.
- Extract from : « Quarter-Back Bates » by Ralph Henry Barbour
- That much accomplished, now he could buckle down for the big fight.
- Extract from : « Langford of the Three Bars » by Kate Boyles
- All the same, when I buckle down to my job, I'm not such a bad hand at it.
- Extract from : « The Unwilling Vestal » by Edward Lucas White
- The grim resolution of the people to buckle down and win it.
- Extract from : « The Last Gentleman » by Rory Magill
- You are not afraid to buckle down to the necessity and keep on trying.
- Extract from : « Stranded in Arcady » by Francis Lynde
- "Oh, I don't want you to buckle down at once," said his father, smiling.
- Extract from : « April Hopes » by William Dean Howells
- Gee, Ill have to buckle down to my own job or hell leave me at the post!
- Extract from : « The Turner Twins » by Ralph Henry Barbour
- Weve got to finish at college, I suppose, and then buckle down to business.
- Extract from : « Two Boys of the Battleship » by Frank V. Webster
- Was it really worth while, he wondered, "to buckle down" and learn to read?
- Extract from : « Jewel's Story Book » by Clara Louise Burnham
Synonyms for buckle down
- 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
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