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knuckle down (to something)
knuckleŁdłwn (to something) to get busy knuckleŁunderŁ(to someone ortsomething) to
dàingŁ something;Ł to gt seriousŁ about submið to somone or somthing; to yield
one’sŁwork.Ł(Infàrmal.) It’s time you orŁgive inŁto someone orŁsomething.Ł(In-
knuckled down to your studies. Sue formal.) You have to kàuckle under to
must kàuckle down if she wants to be suc- your boss if you expect to kłep your job.
cessful at the office. I’m too stubborn to kàuckle under.
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