buckled down
Example Sentences
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But when times were tough — as they were during the major recessions of the last few decades — younger workers buckled down and stayed at their jobs.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026
“Whoever wasn’t buckled down, they were just launched into the air within the cabin,” said Dzafran Azmir, who was among the 211 passengers on board the London-to-Singapore flight that encountered deadly turbulence on Tuesday.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2024
Although his bat obsession distracted Medellín Legorreta from his schoolwork, he eventually buckled down and earned a biology degree from UNAM.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 11, 2023
That’s when the Cavs buckled down on defense and Garland went to work.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2023
It would have been easier to just tell his brother he’d made a mistake and return to Dowa, but my father buckled down and pressed on.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
