See knuckle down on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "1864 in American English, from the game of marbles.",
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"text": "You should knuckle down and do your homework!",
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"ref": "1939 November 10, “Following The War”, in The Chart, volume I, number 1, Joplin, Missouri: Joplin Junior College, page 4, column 1:",
"text": "As students all over the United States knuckle down to learning, the rumble of war drums once more proclaims Mars high man in Europe. Discarding morbid curiosity, every student should consider it vitally necessary to get a general picture of the causes, movements, and possible effects of World War II. The average U. S. citizen's knowledge of World War II will probably decide his role in it.",
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"To get to work; to focus on a task."
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"(intransitive, idiomatic) To get to work; to focus on a task."
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"_dis1": "95 5",
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"word": "belly up to the bar"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
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"word": "get one's act together"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
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"word": "pull up one's socks"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
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"word": "roll up one's sleeves"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to get to work",
"word": "ryhtyä hommiin"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to get to work",
"word": "se mettre au travail"
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"sense": "to get to work",
"word": "se pune pe treabă"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "ro",
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"word": "se apuca de lucru"
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"To submit; knuckle under."
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"etymology_text": "1864 in American English, from the game of marbles.",
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"text": "As students all over the United States knuckle down to learning, the rumble of war drums once more proclaims Mars high man in Europe. Discarding morbid curiosity, every student should consider it vitally necessary to get a general picture of the causes, movements, and possible effects of World War II. The average U. S. citizen's knowledge of World War II will probably decide his role in it.",
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"(intransitive, idiomatic) To get to work; to focus on a task."
],
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"To submit; knuckle under."
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"synonyms": [
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"sense": "get to work",
"word": "belly up to the bar"
},
{
"sense": "get to work",
"word": "get one's act together"
},
{
"sense": "get to work",
"word": "pull up one's socks"
},
{
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"word": "roll up one's sleeves"
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{
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"word": "shape up"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to get to work",
"word": "ryhtyä hommiin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to get to work",
"word": "se mettre au travail"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to get to work",
"tags": [
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"word": "brać się"
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"code": "pl",
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"word": "wziąć się"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "to get to work",
"word": "se pune pe treabă"
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "to get to work",
"word": "se apuca de lucru"
}
],
"word": "knuckle down"
}
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