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Synonyms for buckle down

Grammar : Verb
Spell : buhk-uhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʌk əl

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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