"buckle to" meaning in All languages combined

See buckle to on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: buckles to [present, singular, third-person], buckling to [participle, present], buckled to [participle, past], buckled to [past]
Etymology: From buckle + to. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} buckle to (third-person singular simple present buckles to, present participle buckling to, simple past and past participle buckled to)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic, informal) Synonym of buckle down (“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, informal, intransitive Synonyms: buckle down [synonym, synonym-of]

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Then the sergeant let us out, and introducing us to a pile of wood and saws and axes, informed us that when this had been cut up into firewood we should get our breakfast. He sat at the door of his kitchen watching, and seeing there was nothing else for it we buckled to and soon had the job done; when we were admitted to the kitchen and given a really good meal.",
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        [
          "task",
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        [
          "work",
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        [
          "focus",
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        [
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        [
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic, informal) Synonym of buckle down (“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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        [
          "task",
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        [
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