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Hunker down

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To take shelter; to prepare oneself for some eventuality; to focus on a task. idiomatic

    "That test is worth half your grade, so you'd better hunker down and start studying."

  2. 2
    hold stubbornly to a position wordnet
  3. 3
    To stubbornly hold to a position. idiomatic
  4. 4
    sit on one's heels wordnet
  5. 5
    take shelter wordnet

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