hunker down
phrasal verbhunker down
- (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.
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- to prepare yourself to stay somewhere, keep an opinion, etc. for a long timeTopics Opinion and argumentc2
- to refuse to change an opinion, way of behaving, etc.Topics Opinion and argumentc2