hunker : Idioms & Phrases

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

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