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To put forth the needed effort; to focus; become serious; apply oneself.
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If he would buckle down and do his homework, he could be an excellent student.
Submitted on September 02, 2012
Modified by rinat on April 18, 2023
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- knock down
- read out
- ring out
- run away
- run for
- run over
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- square away
- take away
- take away
- take in
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- tie up
- watch over
- zip up
- a cut above
- at all hours
- babe in arms
- breathe easy
- carry on
- cooking with gas
- cut and dried
- dyed-in-the-wool
- eat one's hat
- elbow room
- fall off a truck
- fat of the land
- field day
- fine line
- food chain
- for the time being
- get into trouble
- get somebody's goat
- go blue
- go out on a limb
- golden opportunity
- goose is cooked
- ground rules
- in evidence
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- in its infancy
- in touch
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- lie through one's teeth
- lion's share
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