"buckle to" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: buckles to [present, singular, third-person], buckling to [participle, present], buckled to [participle, past], buckled to [past]
Etymology: From buckle + to. Etymology templates: {{m|en|buckle#Etymology 1}} buckle, {{m|en|to}} 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]
    Sense id: en-buckle_to-en-verb-6hzzYeMQ Categories (other): English phrasal verbs with particle (to)

Inflected forms

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