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To put forth the needed effort; to focus; become serious; apply oneself.
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If he would buckle down and do his homework, he could be an excellent student.
Submitted on September 02, 2012
Modified by rinat on April 18, 2023
More phrases:
- close up
- jack up
- mess with
- narrow down
- pay for
- pep up
- put up with
- rely on
- space out
- stand back
- stand up
- take in
- tick over
- wolf down
- all hell breaks loose
- apply oneself
- as good as one's word
- as long as
- at full tilt
- bent on
- by and large
- carry on
- dead duck
- dyed-in-the-wool
- fat chance
- fine line
- get somebody's goat
- grunt work
- hack it
- haul his ashes
- have a flat
- have a word with
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- heart of gold
- in black and white
- in order
- jump at the chance
- lower the boom
- middle ground
- no joy
- nuts and bolts
- old school
- on the right track
- out of this world
- play it by ear
- quarter past
- raise a stink
- raise the bar
- red face test
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- see eye to eye
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- sure enough
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- take a gamble
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