Usage of "knuckle down"

португальский

Work very hard, like a slave.

Синонимы

Examples for "slave"

In Brazil sugar was the great slave labor staple; in America, cotton. 
 The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 

As a result, the slave will contain different data than the master. 
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I believe the government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. 
 A. lincoln: a biography 

I think they were held there in human-trafficking, slave conditions, Franklin said. 
 The Guardian 

As a result, the slave's data will be different from the master's. 
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"My goodness," he whispered to Ned, "that all-fours' work is enough to break one's back, Ned." 
 In Times of Peril: A Tale of India 

Towards the end we had to buckle down to more serious stuff. 
 The millionaire's rebellious mistress 

I was determined to buckle down for what remained of the semester. 
 The Demon Lover 

Just buckle down to this for a while and see how it goes. 
 The Evolution of "Dodd" / A pedagogical story giving his struggl... 

Work is the thing, and I'll buckle down to it again. 
 In Friendship's Guise 

I'm going to buckle down until the term is over, honest I am. 
 Walter and the Wireless 

Использование термина knuckle down на английском

What matters is being able to knuckle down when things get serious. 
 The Irish Times 

But the commander refused to knuckle down to any show of arrogance. 
 Treachery in Outer Space 

Expect Mackenzie to knuckle down on project execution, boost productivity and cut costs. 
 Reuters 

But she had to knuckle down-takethe easy way for her. 
 Poor Man's Rock 

He circled to her back and stroked a knuckle down the exposed skin. 
 Shadow fall 

I am just going to get in there, knuckle down and do my best. 
 The Guardian 

Sounds drastic, but that's what made me knuckle down and write March to November. 
 The Irish Times 

Wanting to comfort her, he traced a knuckle down the curve of her cheek. 
 The manning grooms: bride on the loose\same time, next year 

Son or daughter failing to knuckle down to the revision? 
 The Guardian 

Frank, once more I knuckle down to your superior wisdom. 
 The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon; or, The Hermit of the Cave 

Looks like I'm not gonna be a pro anything, and I better knuckle down. 
 Wired 

Now I have to knuckle down, I need to hit the ground running, he said. 
 Reuters 

Like Humar, he came under pressure to give up his freewheeling lifestyle and knuckle down. 
 Rock and Ice Magazine 

It was Bob who gave me the determination to knuckle down and get over it. 
 The Guardian 

I'm not going to knuckle down to a yellow-stomach- 
 The Green Mummy 

If you knuckle down and pass examinations a year early, why, I'll help you through college. 
 East of eden 

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Значения термина knuckle down на английском