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List of meaning for hunker down

squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down(verb)

sit on one's heels

"In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"

hunker down(verb)

take shelter

"During the sandstorm, they hunkered down in a small hut"

hunker down(verb)

hold stubbornly to a position

"The wife hunkered down and the husband's resistance began to break down"

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