knuckle down

Speech parts

1. knuckle down - Verb

2. knuckle down - Phrase

Meaning

work very hard, like a slave

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

slave buckle down break one's back labour sweat toil hustle shape up plug away peg away beaver away work like a mule burn the candle at both ends pull out all stops work hard

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Antonyms

rest pause take a breather take five take a rest take a break

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Hypernyms

work do work

Examples

I think I'm done gunnin to get closer. To some imagined bliss. I gotta knuckle down. And just be ok with this. Ani DiFranco

I like to knuckle down and get on with my job. I'll make mistakes, I'm bound to, but I'll write them down and I'll learn from them. Paul Ince

I knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses. Carlos Santana

I do think that some of us began to realize that this was going to be a long struggle that was going to go on for decades, and you'd have to knuckle down. A lot of people in our generation did that. They didn't drop out and run away. Julian Bond

Oddly, I do have a problem with authority. I find it very difficult to knuckle down and follow rules. Which are the classic symptoms of someone who has a troubled relationship with their father. And yet, I never had a problem with my father. Toby Young

He preferred to knuckle down to preparations for the assignment at hand and his new status in life. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

knuckle down

Close letter words and terms

knuckle bump knuckle busters knuckle children knuckle dragger knuckle duster knuckle dusters