buckle : Idioms & Phrases

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belt buckle

  • noun the buckle used to fasten a belt
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buckle down

  • verb work very hard, like a slave
    break one's back; knuckle down; slave.
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buckle under

  • verb consent reluctantly
    give in; knuckle under; succumb; yield.
WordNet

To buckle to

  • to bend to; to engage with zeal.
Webster 1913

Turn buckle

  • . See Turnbuckle, in Vocabulary.
Webster 1913

turn-buckle

Turn"-buc`kle noun
Definitions
  1. (Mech.) (a) A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc. (b) A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp.
Webster 1913