knuckle down in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for knuckle down in the English»Spanish Dictionary

knuckle [Am ˈnək(ə)l, Brit ˈnʌk(ə)l] N

See also brass knuckles

I.down1 [Am daʊn, Brit daʊn] ADV down often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (back down, clamp down, tone down, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (back, clamp, tone, etc).

II.down1 [Am daʊn, Brit daʊn] PREP

III.down1 [Am daʊn, Brit daʊn] ADJ

IV.down1 [Am daʊn, Brit daʊn] N

See also fall down, cut down, burn down

fall down VB [Am fɔl -, Brit fɔːl -] (v + adv)

I.cut down VB [Am kət -, Brit kʌt -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.cut down VB [Am kət -, Brit kʌt -] (v + adv) (make reductions)

I.burn down VB [Am bərn -, Brit bəːn -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.burn down VB [Am bərn -, Brit bəːn -] (v + adv)

down2 [Am daʊn, Brit daʊn] N U

down3 <downs, pl> [Am daʊn, Brit daʊn] N esp Brit GEOG

knuckle down in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for knuckle down in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
He can only knuckle down and try to become the sport's youngest world champion.
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People are expecting us to knuckle down and focus on those -- within weeks we will be publishing an action plan on housing.
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Motherhood gave me a reason to knuckle down, and my kids are a fantastic addition to my life.
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Tough as it is, the only thing we can do is knuckle down, take our punishment.
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The next step is to knuckle down and take it.
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We've come to the fact that we've really got to knuckle down and get on with things because we really want this to survive here.
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I just prefer to knuckle down and get on with it.
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There was certainly no expectation that she would knuckle down to work, because it was presumed that somehow others would provide.
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I still think we really need to knuckle down in our batting.
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We'll just take every game as it comes, knuckle down and hopefully keep picking points up.
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