knuckle down

Example Sentences

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I mean, that was very hard, so it took a while and I had to sort of knuckle down, but I wanted to put something honest on the page.

From Salon • Jul. 19, 2023

"Just really knuckle down, because we don’t want to be one of those teams that’s got to rearrange their schedule because we have COVID," King said.

From Fox News • Dec. 15, 2021

“So this is where I finally said, ‘It’s time to really knuckle down and start making the songs we put together, starting to build a songbook,’ ” says Thomson.

From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2021

But former coach Fabio Capello believes Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates need to knuckle down and not attribute any failings to their third coach in three years.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2021

“I’ll tell you what. I’m going to try to make some money. If you knuckle down and pass examinations a year early, why, I’ll help you through college.”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck