knuckle down
Third Person
knuckles down
Present Participle
knuckling down
Past Tense
knuckled down
Past Participle
knuckled down
1
to begin to work or study hard and focus seriously on a task or goal
- I need to knuckle down and study for these exams.
- The company is knuckling down to prepare for the upcoming launch.
- The athletes knuckled down to their training ahead of the Olympic Games.
- You're going to have to knuckle down to your studies if you want to pass your exams.
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