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To intensify one's efforts.
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It's 9:41, 58 degrees, and I'm flunking out. Time to bear down.
Submitted on August 31, 2012
More phrases:
- come down
- cool down
- drag out
- hand off
- mock up
- pick up
- play up
- rip off
- round down
- scrounge up
- space out
- suck up
- take away
- take off
- top off
- turn against
- apple of somebody's eye
- apply oneself
- at the ready
- back to square one
- bear in mind
- by hook or by crook
- catch-as-catch-can
- deafening silence
- don't get me started
- drop a dime
- ears are burning
- fair game
- fat of the land
- flutter in the dovecote
- fresh legs
- get one's act together
- give birth
- good job
- hand in hand
- have a word with
- have truck with
- in the dark
- jump the gun
- keep an eye on
- keep an eye out
- keep an eye peeled
- kick ass
- lion's share
- no frills
- nuts and bolts
- on board
- on thin ice
- out of character
- out of order
- out of the blue
- pencil-neck
- piece of cake
- point the finger at
- put the clock back
- rain cheque
- rainy day
- raise a stink
- run out of steam
- save face
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