to huckle up
- phrasal verb
- Informal
- If we want to win this game, we need to huckle up and focus.
Examples
-
It's time to huckle up and finish this project!
-
Let's huckle up and make this happen!
-
After lunch, the team huckled up to tackle the big project.
-
She told everyone to huckle up before the deadline approached.
-
If we want to win this game, we need to huckle up and focus.
-
After lunch, the team huckled up to tackle the big project.
-
Let's huckle up and make this happen!
Synonyms
28
5.2
Get ready mentally and physically for a long trip or hard task
7
7.4
To get yourself ready by feeling excited or confident
3
8.1
Gather the courage to face a hard task
1
5.3
A planned push to increase activity or results before an event
1
6.6
Get more lively and active
1
9.4
To pack your things quickly to get ready to leave
To hurry and get ready when you need to leave
Antonyms
How Ready
- Informal
- Informal
7
7.4
79
3.7
∞
2.8
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
huckle + up
The core verb 'huckle' is not a recognized/attested English lexical item here (dictionary entry missing), so a B1 learner who knows 'up' cannot derive the intended sense. Although 'up' can signal readiness, the absent or idiosyncratic meaning of 'huckle' makes the phrase unpredictable and effectively idiomatic/slang, so learners cannot reliably infer the meaning from its parts.
Etymology
The phrasal verb huckle up may come from the image of pulling something up quickly, with huckle as a quick tug and up the direction, like fixing your coat or gear before action. That's why huckle up means 'to prepare oneself' with energy and determination.