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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:
- cool down
- cut up
- fall upon
- knuckle down
- run for
- squirrel away
- take away
- take down
- take off
- take off
- ass over teakettle
- at home
- back to square one
- be-all and end-all
- bells and whistles
- bring owls to athens
- catch-as-catch-can
- curveball
- dark horse
- down to the wire
- false step
- fat of the land
- for the hell of it
- get off
- get somebody's goat
- get the ball rolling
- give it one's best shot
- go up in smoke
- hang a ralph
- have a look-see
- if only
- in light of
- in touch
- keep a close watch on
- lump in one's throat
- make fun of
- nine lives
- no joy
- nuts and bolts
- old school
- on the nose
- on the pill
- one another
- one-off
- out of gas
- out of order
- over and over
- point the finger at
- pretty pictures
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- put the clock back
- ride roughshod over
- run into the ground
- see red
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- take a gamble
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