buckle to
buckle to verb: synonym of buckle down (“to apply oneself to study, or a task or work; to focus on or take a serious attitude towards something; to put forth the needed effort”).
Verb
buckle to (third-person singular simple present buckles to, present participle buckling to, simple past and past participle buckled to)
- Synonym of buckle down (“to apply oneself to study, or a task or work; to focus on or take a serious attitude towards something; to put forth the needed effort”).
- Then the sergeant let us out, and introducing us to a pile of wood and saws and axes, informed us that when this had been cut up into firewood we should get our breakfast. He sat at the door of his kitchen watching, and seeing there was nothing else for it we buckled to and soon had the job done...1929, D[onald] J[ohn] Munro, “Nemesis”, in The Roaring Forties and After, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., →OCLC, page 38
- Synonyms:
- buckle down
Synonyms of buckle to
Forms of buckle to
| third-person singular present | buckles to |
|---|---|
| present participle | buckling to |
| past participle | buckled to |
| past | buckled to |
Origin of buckle to
From buckle + to.
Questions about buckle to
- What does buckle to mean?
- Buckle to means synonym of buckle down (“to apply oneself to study, or a task or work; to focus on or take a serious attitude towards something; to put forth the needed effort”).
- What part of speech is buckle to?
- Buckle to is a verb.
- What is the past tense of buckle to?
- The past tense of buckle to is buckled to.
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