buckle to
English
Verb
- (colloquial) To set to work.
- 1929, Donald John Munro, The Roaring Forties and After (page 38)
- 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.
- 1929, Donald John Munro, The Roaring Forties and After (page 38)
References
- 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
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