Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

buckle to

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables: buck-le -to
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of buckle down (“to apply oneself to study, or a task or work; to focus on or take a serious attitude towards something; to put forth the needed effort”).

Informal; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"Then the sergeant let us out, and introducing us to a pile of wood and saws and axes, informed us that when this had been cut up into firewood we should get our breakfast. He sat at the door of his kitchen watching, and seeing there was nothing else for it we buckled to and soon had the job done; when we were admitted to the kitchen and given a really good meal."

Etymology

From buckle + to.

Usage

Inflected Forms

buckles to (present, singular) buckling to (participle, present) buckled to (participle, past) buckled to (past)

Synonyms

buckle down

Questions

What does buckle to mean?: Synonym of buckle down (“to apply oneself to study, or a task or work; to focus on or take a serious attitude towards something; to put forth the needed effort”).
Where does buckle to come from?: From buckle + to.

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