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knuckle down
verb as in apply oneself
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After the Christchurch tragedies, twin shootings that took 51 lives, she showed the most heartfelt empathy, then knuckled down and got assault weapons off the streets.
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"I had a word with myself after the first set - I needed to really knuckle down and focus and I knew his level wasn't really going to drop," Draper added.
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However the pair simply knuckled down and went back to work, with gigs and releasing music.
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After the last summer I just needed to knuckle down, game by game, and play well.
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We will knuckle down and get going again.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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