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buckled (down)

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past tense of buckle (down)

Synonyms & Antonyms of buckled (down)

as in pitched in, dug in

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for buckled (down)

applied (oneself),
dug in,
hammered (away),
knuckled down,
pitched in

banged away,
beavered (away),
drudged,
dug (away),
endeavored,
fagged,
grubbed,
humped,
hustled,
labored,
moiled,
pegged (away),
plodded,
plowed,
plugged,
slaved,
slogged,
strained,
strove
(also strived),
struggled,
sweat
(or sweated),
toiled,
travailed,
tugged,
worked
(or wrought)

attacked,
drove

essayed,
tried

exercised,
exerted,
overexerted,
overworked

eked out,
ground (out),
put out,
scrabbled,
scratched

trudged,
waded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for buckled (down)

broke,
eased (up),
let up,
slackened

bummed,
chilled,
dallied,
dillydallied,
footled,
goldbricked,
goofed (off),
hacked (around),
hung (around or out)
(also hanged (around or out)),
idled,
lazed,
loafed,
lounged,
shirked,
slacked (off),
vegged out

basked,
lolled,
relaxed,
reposed,
rested,
unwound

dabbled,
doodled,
fooled around,
fribbled,
goofed (around),
hung
(also hanged),
hung about
[British],
messed around,
monkeyed (around),
played,
pottered (around),
puttered (around),
trifled

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