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# {{context|idiomatic|lang=en}} To take [[shelter]]; to [[prepare]] oneself for some [[eventuality]]; to [[focus]] on a [[task]].
# {{label|en|idiomatic}} To take [[shelter]]; to [[prepare]] oneself for some [[eventuality]]; to [[focus]] on a [[task]].
# {{context|idiomatic|lang=en}} To [[stubbornly]] hold to a position.
# {{label|en|idiomatic}} To [[stubbornly]] hold to a position.


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Revision as of 01:51, 18 January 2016

English

Verb

hunker down

  1. (idiomatic) To take shelter; to prepare oneself for some eventuality; to focus on a task.
  2. (idiomatic) To stubbornly hold to a position.

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