as in to apply (oneself)
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buckle (down)
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And in all of those areas, Ober, who was rocked for 30 runs in 30 innings pitched in June before going on the injured list, was pleased.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
4 Aug. 2025 -
Megill threw about 22 pitches in live BP on Sunday at Citi Field.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
3 Aug. 2025
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Stanway knuckled down, attacked the rehab programme and wanted to be the best team-mate possible.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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One teacher remembered him as an unspectacular student, more focused on making his cohort laugh than knuckling down.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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Voters are pretty dug in on Trump-Russia one way or the other by now.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
24 July 2025
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Acknowledging mistakes and reversing course rather than digging in is a mark of true leadership.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
24 July 2025
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The Swiss brand—ever the innovators—modified its automatic calibre 1030 by fitting it with an extra hour hand slaved to the local hour hand and placed this movement in an Oyster case.—
Oren Hartov,
Robb Report,
28 Mar. 2025
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However, the worse the prison’s conditions become — as the workers are forced to slave away on secret Death Star parts with no promise of release — the more Kino is pushed to join Cassian and his brewing prisoner revolt.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2025
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Brian Cashman gets it all the time, but good, from Yankee fans; for them, banging away at Cashman on social media feels like the real national pastime.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
16 Aug. 2025
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Former staff leaked internal spats and embarrassing editorial ideas by the new leadership and pointed out that many top leaders were banging away at stories that were likely below their pay grade.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
9 June 2025
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“Buckle (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buckle%20%28down%29. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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