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What (who) is knuckle down - definition
knuckle down
v. (D; intr.) to knuckle down to (to knuckle down to work)
knuckle down
apply oneself seriously to a task.
knuckle down
If someone knuckles down, they begin to work or study very hard, especially after a period when they have done very little work. (INFORMAL)
The only thing to do was knuckle down and get on with some serious hard work...
He managed to knuckle down to his lessons long enough to pass his examination.
= buckle down
PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P to n/-ing
Examples of use of knuckle down
1. They did not knuckle down under any pressure and played well," Dravid said.
2. In the coach‘s room I tried to knuckle down, to plan ahead.
3. "We played well there for four days and then for two hours we didn‘t knuckle down.
4. I find it very difficult to knuckle down and follow rules.
5. For all their vaunted nimbleness, the Achilles heel is their inability to grow up and knuckle down.