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Definition of hunker down phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hunker down

phrasal verb
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hunker down
  1. (especially North American English) to sit on your heels with your knees bent up in front of you synonym squat
    • He hunkered down beside her.
  2. to prepare yourself to stay somewhere, keep an opinion, etc. for a long timeTopics Opinion and argumentc2
  3. to refuse to change an opinion, way of behaving, etc.Topics Opinion and argumentc2
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