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English Dictionary: hunker down by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hunker down
v
  1. sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
    Synonym(s): squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down
  2. take shelter; "During the sandstorm, they hunkered down in a small hut"
  3. hold stubbornly to a position; "The wife hunkered down and the husband's resistance began to break down"
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