hunker in English

verb
1
squat or crouch down low.
he hunkered down beside her
2
apply oneself seriously to a task.
students hunkered down to prepare for the examinations
verb

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1. Hunker down and attempt to weather the storm?

2. 2 He felt his backache and didn't hunker down.

3. Touch a dead fox, they jump aboard, they can hunker down for decades.

4. I have to hunker down to finish my algebra this evening.

5. Work hard, hunker down, tighten your belt, and a better life.

6. Families hunker down indoors hanging illuminated orange paper stars in their darkened windows.

7. They are not allowed to hunker down to rest after running 000 meters.

8. The youngsters hunker down at the bottom of the nest, hiding until mom mealtimes.

9. It's an instinct to hunker down and control things that makes this harder for people.

10. 23 Their strategy for the moment is to hunker down and let the fuss die down.

11. When the nuclear attack came, we were supposed to go downstairs, hunker down, and eat out of that barrel.

12. 28 The view is worth every tortured moment of discomfort it takes to hunker down, scrunch up, and peer out.

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14. This page shows answers to the clue Crouch, followed by 9 definitions like “Crouch is a family name”, “To sign with the cross” and “To stoop or bend low”.Synonyms for Crouch are for example bend, cower and hunker down.More synonyms can …