buckle down en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From buckle + down.
Meanings
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(idiomatic, intransitive) To apply oneself to study, or a task or work; to focus on or take a serious attitude towards something; to put forth the needed effort.
Coach Crowley: Well, we need to talk biology. Mr. Kawahara says you're failing. And if you can't get your grade up, you'll lose your scholarship. Casey: What? No, I... I can't afford this place without it. Coach Crowley: I know, but there's still time to fix this. Not as much time as if you'd come to me weeks ago when I'd asked. Casey: Sorry. I... I just had, like, a lot going on, so... Coach Crowley: Now it's time to buckle down. Kawahara says that you'll be fine if you ace the midterm. So that's your mission, beat biology class.
2018, Jen Regan, Theresa Mulligan Rosenthal, “Living at an Angle” (3:35 from the start), in Pete Chatmon, director, Atypical, season 2, episode 8, spoken by Coach Crowley and Casey (Kimmy Gatewood and Jack Haven), via Netflix:If he would buckle down and do his homework, he could be an excellent student.
I confess that the recollection of what this bell could do when it buckled down to it gave me pause as I stood that night at 12.30 p.m. prompt beside the outhouse where it was located.
1934 October 5, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XXII, in Right Ho, Jeeves, London: Herbert Jenkins […], →OCLC, page 280:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| buckles down | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| buckled down | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| buckled down | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| buckling down | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Relateds
buckle up · buckle to · knuckle down · lock in · hunker down
Synonyms
Translations (8)
ru заня́ться (to apply oneself to study, or a task or work) · pl przykładać się (to apply oneself to study, or a task or work) · pl przyłożyć się (to apply oneself to study, or a task or work) · it mettersi sotto a (to apply oneself to study, or a task or work) · fr se concentrer (to apply oneself to study, or a task or work) · pl przysiąść do (to apply oneself to study, or a task or work) · sv lägga manken till (to apply oneself to study, or a task or work) · pl przysiadać do (to apply oneself to study, or a task or work)