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Meanings of buckle down in English

Portuguese
mourejar

Work very hard, like a slave.

        mourejar
        Usage of buckle down in English
        1
        Towards the end we had to buckle down to more serious stuff.
        The millionaire's rebellious mistress
        2
        I was determined to buckle down for what remained of the semester.
        The Demon Lover
        3
        Just buckle down to this for a while and see how it goes.
        The Evolution of "Dodd" / A pedagogical story giving his struggl...
        4
        Work is the thing, and I'll buckle down to it again.
        In Friendship's Guise
        5
        I'm going to buckle down until the term is over, honest I am.
        Walter and the Wireless
        6
        Well, I hope you won't have occasion to buckle down to hard work.
        The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus
        7
        Should we buckle down and focus on profitability? Robins said.
        Reuters
        8
        Normally we'd tell you to buckle down-butnot right now.
        Wired
        9
        Now, let's buckle down to work on the Turing machine.
        The Diamond Age
        10
        Well, I want you to buckle down and think hard.
        The Taming of Red Butte Western
        11
        Why not be content with his little success and buckle down to his profession?
        That Fortune
        12
        It will all come out right-we'llbuckle down to it together, you and I.
        Kennedy Square
        13
        He held the buckle down upon the table and read out the inscription as follows:-
        Dead Man's Rock
        14
        It is hard to buckle down to work, to shoulder this heavy burden of dreams.
        Conquest of the Useless
        15
        Now, it is time to buckle down and get a job and be a grown-up.
        My Fight/Your Fight
        16
        Some buckle down and make something new of themselves.
        Hell to pay
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        Translations for buckle down
        Portuguese
        mourejar
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        Buckle down across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Common