"Buckle down" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... flung out. "If he'd left me nothing but a shilling or two there'd be some joy in living. I'd have had to buckle down. There's variety, interest, pleasure in having to make your own way ...
— Officer 666 • Barton W. Currie
... went about the thing casually and without worry. They could not buckle down to work until after the wedding of a friend in Chicago, a classmate at college. He had asked them to act as ushers. The twins were especially well-qualified to serve as ushers. Since graduating they had performed ...
— Her Weight in Gold • George Barr McCutcheon
... Suppos' n we buckle down to it and give the Colonel a bit of a shove towards t'other end of the car?—about ten foot, say. He wouldn't have so much influence, ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain |
