1. He tried to buckle down to some work/study.

2. You'd better buckle down to some revision now.

3. I'd better buckle down to those reports.

4. You must just buckle down to the new job.

5. Just buckle down and practice.

6. He'll have to buckle down soon if he wants to pass these exams.

7. The alternative, of course, is to buckle down and get on with playing the game by Westminster's rules.

8. He found it hard to buckle down.

9. We need to buckle down and get started.

10. Now let's buckle down to the new project.

11. He won't buckle down to the job.

12. She found it hard to buckle down.

13. When you decide that it's time to work, buckle down, eliminate distractions, and do it wholeheartedly.

14. What we need to do now is buckle down to developing the productive forces faster through reform, keep to the socialist road and demonstrate by our achievements the superiority of socialism.

15. They will buckle down to negotiations over the next few months.

16. Johnny found he'd better buckle down and get himself a job.

17. He is in low spirits and won't buckle down to anything.

18. If individuals are forced to face the reality of starvation,(sentencedict.com) everyone will buckle down to work.

19. Q . s . For them, learning comes too easily and they never find out to buckle down.

20. New coach Scott Skiles will have his hands full getting this to buckle down.

21. After her teacher warned her that she might fail, Sue began to buckle down to her studies.

22. There was a time when Charles was coasting at school and I should have told him to buckle down.

23. If you want to learn English you have to buckle down.