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. Shawn Kravetz:

   There's no question that life is about cash flow. Even if you are highly confident that you will eventually get paid, people will pull in their horns and hunker down.

2. Deborah Birx:

   The president wanted everyone to know where this virus is so that people would be aware if they were gonna travel to that area, that that area had a very significant amount of COVID-19 or the coronavirus, and so its really to make Americans aware about traveling to New York, but also make it clear to the people who are in that area to protect them selves following the guidelines, to really stay home and really hunker down, stay at home and really follow the washing of your hands and not touching your face.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Ashish Jha:

   We're not there yet and the variants make it particularly concerning, we really do have to hunker down for a few more weeks. We are very close to the finish line but we can't stop yet.