Synonyms for hunker down
hun·ker down

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1. squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker downverb

   sit on one's heels

   "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"

   Synonyms:
   crump, scrunch up, crisp, bow, crease, stoop, hunker, crinkle, bend, scrunch, thud, ruckle, squat, crouch, wrinkle

2. hunker downverb

   take shelter

   "During the sandstorm, they hunkered down in a small hut"

   Synonyms:
   scrunch, crouch, hunker, scrunch up, squat

3. hunker downverb

   hold stubbornly to a position

   "The wife hunkered down and the husband's resistance began to break down"

   Synonyms:
   scrunch, crouch, hunker, scrunch up, squat

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1. shelter in place

   southern

   a storm is coming so we hunkered down for a while.

   Submitted by anonymous on April 16, 2020  

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1. Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser:

   It has life-and-death implications, and (people) should treat it that way, people should hunker down, shelter in place and stay off the roads.

2. Orlando Calas Jr.:

   The southern and northern extremes of the trail are the areas where The Laundrie family attorney really can just hunker down and get lost out there.

3. Brendan Peregrine:

   We can hunker down for days.

4. Ryan Gieselman:

   We're lucky enough to live in the center of Dauphin Island, so it's not hopefully gon na be too bad for us, i hope it really just misses us and we can go on with the rest of our summer and enjoy it, but if it hits us, just be prepared and be ready to hunker down.

5. Peter Hotez:

   This winter -- this November, December, January, February -- could be the worst time in our epidemic, get ready to hunker down.