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buckled down

buckled down is the simple past and past participle of buckle down.

Meaning of buckle down

Verb

buckle down (third-person singular simple present buckles down, present participle buckling down, simple past and past participle buckled down)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) 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.
    • If he would buckle down and do his homework, he could be an excellent student.
    Synonyms:
    buckle to

Questions about buckled down

What is buckled down the simple past and past participle of?
Buckled down is the simple past and past participle of buckle down.

Words near buckled down in the dictionary

  1. buckle-beggars
  2. buckleable
  3. Buckleboo
  4. Bucklebury
  5. buckled
  6. buckled down
  7. buckled hat
  8. buckled in
  9. buckled to
  10. buckled under
  11. buckled up

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