ply
apply
set
put one's mind to it
implement
work through
run through
go through
play the angles
hunker
turn one's hand to
on one's mettle
gird
buckle down
studied
do one's darnedest
do one's damnedest
on the right track
bend
diligently
give
hold one's own
covering
application
coating
clever
rise
gird up one's loins
self-analysis
take pains
carve out
forge
fight
fluency
struggle
go
scrub
autology
softly, softly, catchee monkey
method
neaten
your ass
govern
self-employed
freelance
free-lance
buck
dynamize
self-consistent
sedulous
try
conserve
histoblot
economise
square one's shoulders
steer
deal
scrape
flexitarian
economize
give it one's best shot
behave
husband
take
methodism
equip
paint by numbers
hustle
train
diligence
interiorize
interiorise
demon
lay on
internalize
trick
internalise
librate
behaviour
poise
work at
adroitly
purchase
doings
work on
put the pedal to the metal
help oneself
at pains
hit one's straps
scratch one's own itch
assert oneself
multistrategic
dial in
behavior
brace
lay
conduct