knuckle down
informal— phrasal verb with knuckle uk/ˈnʌk.əl/us/ˈnʌk.əl/verb
to start working or studying hard:
You're going to have to really knuckle down (to your work) if you want to pass your final exams.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Work, working and the workplace
- a long way to go idiom
- act as sth 1
- act as sth
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) idiom
- assignment
- cabin
- hold down a job idiom
- hoop
- hot desk
- hot-desking
- hotelling
- housekeeping
- labour
- slouch
- spadework
- stroke
- sweat
- sweat over sth
- swing into action idiom
- temp
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