apply oneself

Weak matches

• address
• attend to
• bend
• concentrate on
• dedicate oneself to
• devote oneself to
• exert oneself
• get serious
• give
• give oneself over to
• keep close to
• keep one's mind on
• knuckle down
• launch into
• occupy oneself with
• pitch in
• plunge into
• put one's hand to the plow
• put one's nose to the grindstone
• set to
• swing into action
• take the bull by the horns
• throw
• turn

Strongest matches

• apply
• bring to bear
• exercise
• expend
• strive
• utilize
• wield

Strong matches

• dig
• employ
• endeavor
• labor
• plug
• ply
• push
• strain
• struggle
• throw
• toil
• use
• work

Weak matches

• bring into play
• give all one's got
• give best shot
• make effort
• peg away
• pour it on
• put forth
• put out
• sweat it
• try hard

Weak matches

• con
• crack a book

Strongest match

• rush

Strong matches

• bulldoze
• bustle
• elbow
• fly
• force
• haste
• hasten
• hotfoot
• impel
• jog
• press
• push
• race
• shove
• speed
• thrust

Weak matches

• be conscientious
• use elbow grease

Strong matches

• coach
• cogitate
• consider
• cram
• dig
• examine
• excogitate
• grind
• inquire
• learn
• meditate
• mind
• peruse
• plug
• plunge
• ponder
• read
• refresh
• think
• tutor
• weigh

Weak matches

• bone up
• brood over
• burn midnight oil
• bury oneself in
• crack the books
• dive into
• go into
• go over
• hit the books
• learn the ropes
• mull over
• perpend
• polish up
• pore over
• read up
• think out
• think over

Strongest matches

• conduct
• continue
• engage in
• maintain
• practice
• proceed
• prosecute
• tackle

Strong matches

• adhere
• cultivate
• perform
• ply
• wage

Weak matches

• carry on
• hold to
• keep on
• see through
• work at

Strongest matches

• consider
• examine
• learn
• ponder
• pore over
• read
• think

Strong matches

• coach
• cogitate
• cram
• dig
• excogitate
• grind
• inquire
• lucubrate
• meditate
• mind
• peruse
• plug
• plunge
• refresh
• tutor
• weigh

Weak matches

• bone up
• brood over
• burn midnight oil
• bury oneself in
• crack the books
• dive into
• go into
• go over
• hit the books
• learn the ropes
• mull over
• perpend
• polish up
• read up
• think out
• think over

Strongest matches

• begin
• deal with
• engage in
• try
• undertake
• work on

Strong matches

• accept
• attack
• attempt
• essay
• launch

Weak matches

• bang away at
• come to grips with
• devote oneself to
• embark upon
• give a try
• give a whirl
• go for it
• make a run at
• pitch into
• set about
• square off
• start the ball rolling
• take a shot at
• take in hand
• take on
• try on for size
• turn one's hand to
• turn to

Strongest matches

• labor
• manage
• pursue
• strive
• toil
• try

Strong matches

• dig
• drive
• drudge
• freelance
• hustle
• manufacture
• moil
• moonlight
• ply
• slog
• specialize
• strain
• sweat

Weak matches

• be gainfully employed
• buckle down
• carry on
• do a job
• do business
• earn a living
• have a job
• hold a job
• knuckle down
• nine-to-five it
• peg away
• plug away
• punch a clock
• take on