词汇 | knuckle down |
释义 | Idiom knuckle down (to something) Theme: BEGINNINGS - EFFORT to get busy doing something; to get serious about one's work. (Informal.)It's time you knuckled down to your studies.You must knuckle down if you want to succeed. Idiom 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. Phr V knuckle down knuckles, knuckling, knuckled knuckle down to start to work or study hard, especially if you have not been working very hard beforeIf we're going to meet this deadline, we're really going to have to knuckle down. often + toI thought it was time to knuckle down to some serious studying. knuckle down verb to make an effort and apply yourself to a task UK, 1864knuckle down informal to start to work or study more seriously than you have been doing: Murray called on his players to knuckle down after a series of disappointing results.+ to When Kylie returned to school she was determined to knuckle down to the job of passing her exams.■ SIMILAR TO: buckle down knuckle downTo begin to work on something in a determined matter. If you want to get a passing grade this semester, you'll really need to knuckle down and study hard. 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. knuckle down1. Apply oneself seriously to some task or goal, as in The professor insisted that we knuckle down and get our papers in by Friday. Both this term and the rhyming synonym buckle down date from the 1860s, but the precise allusion in either is unclear. 2. See knuckle under. knuckle downv. To apply oneself earnestly to a task: We've been relaxing too long—it's time for us to knuckle down and finish this work. knuckle downverbSee knuckle down to something knuckle downApply yourself to the job at hand. The phrase comes from the game of marbles, one of the once-popular children's street games. Players shot their “shooter” marble by clenching the marble in a fist with knuckles touching the ground, then launching it with a flick of the thumb. When it was a player's turn and his attention was elsewhere, he was reminded, “Okay, knuckle down.” A similar phrase, “buckle down” most likely came from the idea of tightening your belt before performing an arduous task. |
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