Meaning of buckle to | Babel Free

Definitions

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”).

idiomatic, informal, intransitive

Examples

“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; when we were admitted to the kitchen and given a really good meal.”

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