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buckles

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present tense third-person singular of buckle

Synonyms & Antonyms of buckles

1 to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure

the flimsy bridge buckled under the weight of the caravan of trucks

Synonyms for buckles

caves (in),
collapses,
crumples,
founders,
gives,
goes,
goes out,
implodes,
tumbles,
yields

Words Related to buckles

deflates,
flattens,
melts,
melts down

breaks,
breaks down,
conks (out),
crashes,
dies,
fails,
gives out,
stalls

bursts,
shatters,
smashes,
splinters,
splits

cracks,
crumbles,
pops,
snaps

Phrases Synonymous with buckles

gives way

Near Antonyms for buckles

inflates,
rises,
swells

2 to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention

buckled himself down and finished the assignment in record time

Synonyms for buckles

addresses,
applies,
bends,
devotes,
gives

Words Related to buckles

readdresses,
reapplies

knuckles down,
sets (to),
settles (down)

busies,
commits,
concerns,
engages,
involves

exerts,
exhausts,
puts out,
spends,
strains,
stresses,
taxes,
troubles,
wears out

carries on,
pitches in,
plunges (in)

grinds,
humps,
hustles,
pegs (away),
plods,
plows,
plugs (away),
works

Phrases Synonymous with buckles

gets cracking,
gets one's act together,
gets with it,
turns one's hand
(or turns a hand)

Near Antonyms for buckles

dallies,
dawdles,
dillydallies,
fiddles (around),
fools around,
idles,
messes around,
monkeys (around),
plays,
potters (around),
putters (around),
trifles

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