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单词 knuckling down
释义

knuckle down

verb

knuckled down; knuckling down; knuckles down

intransitive verb

: to apply oneself earnestly

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1864, in the meaning defined above

knuckling down

verb

present participle of knuckle down
as in pitching in

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • pitching in
  • banging away
  • digging in
  • buckling (down)
  • applying (oneself)
  • hammering (away)
  • beavering (away)
  • pegging (away)
  • digging (away)
  • eking out
  • laboring
  • plowing
  • struggling
  • toiling
  • grubbing
  • striving
  • humping
  • tugging
  • travailing
  • slaving
  • drudging
  • sweating
  • endeavoring
  • plugging
  • moiling
  • fagging
  • hustling
  • attacking
  • plodding
  • trying
  • working
  • putting out
  • slogging
  • grinding (out)
  • essaying
  • driving
  • straining
  • exerting
  • overworking
  • exercising
  • overexerting
  • scratching
  • scrabbling
  • wading
  • trudging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • easing (up)
  • letting up
  • hanging (around or out)
  • hacking (around)
  • slacking (off)
  • goofing (off)
  • breaking
  • slackening
  • chilling
  • idling
  • lounging
  • vegging out
  • resting
  • shirking
  • loafing
  • lazing
  • puttering (around)
  • dallying
  • relaxing
  • goofing (around)
  • fooling around
  • pottering (around)
  • bumming
  • hanging about
  • monkeying (around)
  • basking
  • playing
  • hanging
  • unwinding
  • lolling
  • reposing
  • trifling
  • goldbricking
  • dillydallying
  • messing around
  • footling
  • dabbling
  • doodling
  • fribbling
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