单词 | buckle down |
释义 | buckle downSEE SYNONYMS FOR buckle down ON THESAURUS.COM verb(intr, adverb) informal to apply oneself with determinationto buckle down to a job Words nearby buckle downbuckjump, buckjumper, buckjumping, Buckland, buckle, buckle down, buckler, buckler fern, buckle under, buckle up, Buckley Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with buckle downbuckle down Set to work, apply oneself with determination, as in All right, we'll buckle down now and study for exams. Originating about 1700 as buckle to, the expression gained currency with the football song “Buckle-Down, Winsocki” (from the Broadway musical comedy Best Foot Forward, 1941). [Mid-1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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