I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
crack/collapse/buckle etc under the strain (= become unable to continue normally because of the strain )
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They are worried that the court system might collapse under the strain.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
down
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She went to the tower and buckled down .
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They have not buckled down to the determination to fight this war through.
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The alternative, of course, is to buckle down and get on with playing the game by Westminster's rules.
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If individuals are forced to face the reality of starvation, everyone will buckle down to work.
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Scotch especially had trouble buckling down on that one.
up
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Responsible drivers sometimes drive drunk, or fail to buckle up .
■ NOUN
knee
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For a helpless moment she thought her knees might buckle .
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They were small then, but sometimes our knees buckled under their weight.
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His words hit her like a battering-ram, making her knees buckle beneath her.
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Miguel said, his knees buckling .
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Then my knees buckled and I toppled into the warm water, laughing uproariously.
leg
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She slipped hurriedly out of the saddle, and then had to grab for it when her legs threatened to buckle .
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His legs buckled again, but Marco held him up.
pressure
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Protest as a groan of anguish, as the sound of something buckling under pressure , rather than protest as a policy document.
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In several cases, basement walls and floors in downtown businesses buckled from the pressure .
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Now she has buckled under pressure and will spend the entire holiday there.
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Rangers buckled under the pressure , but they didn't break.
strain
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Perhaps his memory, like Henry's, was buckling under the strain of being forty.
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No wonder their marriage had buckled beneath the strain !
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Does the amp respond or does it buckle under the strain ?
weight
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They were small then, but sometimes our knees buckled under their weight .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Frank buckled on his safety harness.
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The aluminium chair buckled under Charles's weight.
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The sidewalk was cracked and buckled from the earthquake.
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The strap buckles on the side.
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Windows shattered with the heat from the blaze and metal doors buckled like cardboard.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I am so frightened that my legs begin to give out, actually buckle , and I reach for the railing.
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If individuals are forced to face the reality of starvation, everyone will buckle down to work.
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In a small area flanked by Bishopsgate, Leadenhall Street and Houndsditch, buildings had buckled from the ferocity of the blast.
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She sank down on the bed with the photograph gripped so tightly in her hands that the paper buckled.
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The door buckled when something else struck its base.
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The Men were outside his cage trying to open it but failing because the branch had buckled it.
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They were small then, but sometimes our knees buckled under their weight.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
belt
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And the belt buckle for every word wrong.
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Top competitors will gallop away with gleaming belt buckles and up to $ 2, 500 in prize money.
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Even the car keys or a belt buckle may upset things if placed too close.
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My belt buckle was covered with green tape.
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His belt buckle was digging into the soft skin of her stomach and she moved agitatedly, unconsciously provocative.
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He wears Route 66 suspenders and a big Route 66 belt buckle .
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Done with a belt buckle mostly.
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His thumb rubbed sensuously along the swollen lower lip while his other hand undid his belt buckle .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A quick release buckle on the hipbelt is essential in case a pack needs to be thrown off in an emergency.
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And the belt buckle for every word wrong.
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It should be fitted with a quick-release buckle .
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The buckles glinted in the sun.
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They were black painted with small flowers on the buckle .
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Top competitors will gallop away with gleaming belt buckles and up to $ 2, 500 in prize money.