buckle down

phrasal verb

buckled down; buckling down; buckles down

informal

: to start to work hard

You had better buckle down if you want to get good grades.

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Sales have taken off since 2018, when the company buckled down on e-commerce. —

Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Asia, 10 Dec. 2024 After a brief mound visit with Cora, Houck buckled down with two outs and two men on in the sixth to get a timely groundout. —

Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 11 July 2024 On campuses from New York to California, students not only buckled down to take finals before winter break but some also braced for possible disruptions to their lives and the possibility of not being able to complete their studies. —

Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 26 Dec. 2024 In the year since the season 1 finale was filmed, the 34-year-old businesswoman, an expat to the island from England, has taken to therapy, buckled down on her fitness and quit drinking altogether. —

Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for buckle down