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buckle down |
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buckle someone or something down to attach someone or something down with straps that buckle together. They stopped to buckle the load down again. Did you buckle down the kids? See also: buckle buckle down (to something) to settle down to something; to begin to work seriously at something. If you don't buckle down to your job, you'll be fired. You had better buckle down and get busy. See also: buckle buckle down to do the work you need to do Schools, parents, and students need to buckle down and find ways to reach the new standards. See also: buckle How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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If he were to be allowed to withdraw into the privacy of the study and wrap a cold, wet towel about his forehead and buckle down to it, he knew that he could draft an excellent and satisfactory explanation of his presence at Reigelheimer's with the Good Sport. But the automatic pistol in his belt with its rattling, quick- dealing death, and the automatic, death-defying spirit in the man himself, made them refrain and buckle down to the task of hauling him to safety through the storm. |
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