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knuckling down

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present participle of knuckle down

Synonyms & Antonyms of knuckling down

as in pitching in, digging in

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for knuckling down

applying (oneself),
buckling (down),
digging in,
hammering (away),
pitching in

attacking,
driving

essaying,
trying

exercising,
exerting,
overexerting,
overworking

eking out,
grinding (out),
putting out,
scrabbling,
scratching

trudging,
wading

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for knuckling down

breaking,
easing (up),
letting up,
slackening

bumming,
chilling,
dallying,
dillydallying,
footling,
goldbricking,
goofing (off),
hacking (around),
hanging (around or out),
idling,
lazing,
loafing,
lounging,
shirking,
slacking (off),
vegging out

basking,
lolling,
relaxing,
reposing,
resting,
unwinding

dabbling,
doodling,
fooling around,
fribbling,
goofing (around),
hanging,
hanging about
[British],
messing around,
monkeying (around),
playing,
pottering (around),
puttering (around),
trifling

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“Knuckling down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knuckling%20down. Accessed 16 May. 2022.

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