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knuckled down

knuckled down is the simple past and past participle of knuckle down.

Meaning of knuckle down

Verb

knuckle down (third-person singular simple present knuckles down, present participle knuckling down, simple past and past participle knuckled down)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To get to work; to focus on a task.
    • You should knuckle down and do your homework!
  2. To submit; knuckle under.

Questions about knuckled down

What is knuckled down the simple past and past participle of?
Knuckled down is the simple past and past participle of knuckle down.

Words near knuckled down in the dictionary

  1. knuckleboom
  2. knucklebooms
  3. knucklecurve
  4. knucklecurves
  5. knuckled
  6. knuckled down
  7. knuckled to
  8. knuckled under
  9. knuckled up
  10. knuckledragger
  11. knuckledraggers

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