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hunker down

English

  1. 🔊 hold stubbornly to a position
    “The wife hunkered down and the husband's resistance began to break down”
  2. 🔊 take shelter
    “During the sandstorm, they hunkered down in a small hut”
  3. 🔊 sit on one's heels
    “In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 resguardar to hunker down, to take shelter

Similar words

squat crouch scrunch scrunch up hunker