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hunk·er down [ˌhʌŋkəʳˈ, Am -kɚˈ-] VB intr

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We have an opportunity through this process not to hunker down, not to get into a bunker, but to set very high standards.
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Unseasonal cloud and drizzle meant tigers were likely to hunker down, waiting for sunshine.
www.telegraph.co.uk
The automatic response is to hunker down and prevent what would usually be a single engine problem causing more damage.
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I'd move my characters forward a few spaces, hunker down behind cover and wait.
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Then, they typically hunker down in someone's backyard until dusk.
news.nationalpost.com
Families and new acquaintances hunker down together, sharing a meal or simply warming up and trying to get some rest before continuing onwards.
www.nationalobserver.com
It was then the long-time friends, who fish together twice a year, decided to hunker down.
www.stuff.co.nz
Most of us wouldn't hunker down in the pre-dawn cold of the far north for a photo.
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The challenge is to harmonize energy demand with the ripple effects of a warming planet -- that, or hunker down for rolling blackouts.
tdn.com
Yet the impulse for many is to hunker down, wait for the tide to turn and worry about changing later.
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