1. buckle down - Verb
2. buckle down - Phrase
work very hard, like a slave
Source: WordNetActing was never my first choice as a profession, but I came to terms with it when I decided I better buckle down and be the best I can be at it. Mickey Rourke
Do I need to buckle down and encourage us all to move on, or is it possible to maintain a relationship with our beloved teacher? Source: Internet
After two five-minutes periods of extra time solved nothing, Lac La Biche was able to buckle down and win the gold in a dramatic set of penalty kicks. Source: Internet
Journalism is a pretty precarious existence, as you warned me it would be—more so when you sell what you can on the open market rather than buckle down to an eight-to-seven drudgery with a regular employer. Source: Internet
Sometimes the suckiest days are motivating, as they can be so miserable as to serve a "never again" purpose, and make me buckle down the next day and produce, dammit. Source: Internet
They had to buckle down and build shelters immediately if they were to survive this disquieting new world. Source: Internet