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 hunker down
      v 1: sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth
           while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect
           themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: squat, crouch,
           scrunch, scrunch up, hunker]
      2: take shelter; "During the sandstorm, they hunkered down in a
         small hut"
      3: hold stubbornly to a position; "The wife hunkered down and
         the husband's resistance began to break down"