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Definition of Knuckle down
1. Verb. Work very hard, like a slave.
Generic synonyms: Do Work, Work
Derivative terms: Slave, Slavery
Definition of Knuckle down
1. Verb. (intransitive chiefly British idiomatic) To get to work; to focus on a task. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knuckle Down
Literary usage of Knuckle down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sports and Pastimes of American Boys: A Guide and Text-book of Games of by Henry Chadwick (1884)
"knuckle down is a very good feat ; it consists in placing the toes against a line
chalked on the floor, kneeling down and getting up again without using the ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"Chimney Corner, p. 252. KNUCKLE-DOWN, v. to submit, to consent to indignity.
COLL. USK. Aw shall never knuckle-down to that chap, ..."
3. Peter Parley's Annual. by William Martin (1866)
""Well, it means going closely and earnestly to your work or business; and we may
be sure of this, that if we do not knuckle down earnestly and deter- ..."
4. The Bookman (1903)
"There was a Dorothy who died in 1587, and her name is graven on her tomb of that
date at Bakewell Church. The same reviewer found the words "knuckle down. ..."
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