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knuckle down

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knuckle down (to something)
Fig. to get busy doing something. I want you to knuckle down to your work and stop worrying about the past. Come on. Knuckle down. Get busy.
See also: knuckle

knuckle down
to work hard You're going to have to knuckle down to improve your grades if you want to get into a good college. Volunteers really knuckled down and cleaned up the town after the storm.
See also: knuckle


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``I don't know exactly the statistics but I know there's a lot of people in California in our industry who are hurting because of this very thing that Arnold's trying to tame - (that) we're all going to really knuckle down and try to tame.
``This is a society where we're encouraged to knuckle down and meet our responsibilities and be a good worker.
 
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