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buckles down

buckles down is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 buckles down

What is buckles down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Buckles down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of buckle down.

Words near buckles down in the dictionary

  1. bucklered
  2. bucklering
  3. bucklers
  4. Bucklers Hard
  5. buckles
  6. buckles down
  7. buckles in
  8. buckles to
  9. buckles under
  10. buckles up
  11. bucklest

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