Definitions for knuckle down

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. slave, break one's back, buckle down, knuckle down(verb)

    work very hard, like a slave

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  1. knuckle down(Verb)

    To get to work; to focus on a task.

  2. Origin: 1864 in American English, from the game of marbles.


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