English / phrasal verb
Buckle down
MEANING IN ENGLISH
To start working hard and seriously, especially after a period of procrastination
In context
01
To break the loop of procrastination, you must sit at your desk and buckle down immediately.
02
Once she buckled down to study behavioral habits, she transformed her daily productivity.
Synonyms
knuckle down,apply oneself,focus
Antonyms
slack off,procrastinate,dawdle
Collocations
buckle down to work,buckle down and study,time to buckle down