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Present participle for to fasten or clasp with a buckle
“Buckle your seatbelt and make sure your passengers buckle up too.”
Present participle for to bend and give way under pressure or strain
“The frame of the bus began to buckle under the weight of the debris.”
Present participle for to apply oneself diligently to a task
“To be sure, we can put our feelings aside and philosophically buckle down to the task of reading three chapters for tomorrow's quiz.”
Present participle for to shape badly or incorrectly
Present participle for to fall or collapse inward or to the bottom
Present participle for to move, or cause to move, in a spiral or curved course
(of a business) Present participle for to go bankrupt
Present participle for to fail, especially in spectacular fashion
Present participle for to submit to or acknowledge the merit of
Present participle for to break or destroy the structure of
Present participle for to decrease in number, amount, intensity, or quality
The action of surrendering to an opponent or powerful influence
The act of deforming, or state of being deformed
An instance of a structure falling down or giving way
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