"buckle down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-buckle down.ogg Forms: buckles down [present, singular, third-person], buckling down [participle, present], buckled down [participle, past], buckled down [past]
Etymology: From buckle + down. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} buckle down (third-person singular simple present buckles down, present participle buckling down, simple past and past participle buckled down)
  1. (intransitive, originally US, idiomatic) 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. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Synonyms: buckle to Related terms: buckle to, buckle up, hunker down, knuckle down, lock in Translations (to apply oneself to study, or a task or work): se concentrer (French), mettersi sotto a (Italian), przykładać się [imperfective] (Polish), przyłożyć się [perfective] (Polish), przysiąść sadła [imperfective] (Polish), заня́ться (zanjátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), lägga manken till (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive, originally US, idiomatic) 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."
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          "sense": "to apply oneself to study, or a task or work",
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      "word": "se concentrer"
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      "sense": "to apply oneself to study, or a task or work",
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      "sense": "to apply oneself to study, or a task or work",
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      "lang": "Polish",
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      "sense": "to apply oneself to study, or a task or work",
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      "sense": "to apply oneself to study, or a task or work",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "заня́ться"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to apply oneself to study, or a task or work",
      "word": "lägga manken till"
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