English Explanatory Dictionary

knuckle down

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To get to work; to focus on a task.
  2. To submit; knuckle under.

Pronunciation

En-au-knuckle down.ogg

Word forms

knuckle down knuckles down knuckling down knuckled down

Etymology

1864 in American English, from the game of marbles.

Synonyms

belly up to the bar get one's act together pull up one's socks roll up one's sleeves shape up

Related words

hunker down buckle down
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