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Meanings of hunker in inglês

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Sit on one's heels.

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Usage of hunker in inglês
1
Not so bad for them; they could hunker down, even under fire.
Hostile intent
2
Tongan residents were told hunker down and prepare for the storm's arrival.
Radio NZ
3
We backpedal, hunker down in a stairwell, and squint into the light.
Mockingjay
4
The dead, who used to hunker down to hide, had turned skittish.
Raising Stony Mayhall
5
They didn't hunker down where they were in safety, Romney said.
Reuters
6
There is a time to travel hard and a time to hunker down.
Survive!: essential skills and tactics to get you out of anywher...
7
I'm once again calling on Wisconsinites to hunker down, Evers said.
Reuters
8
We'll probably just hunker down... and hope that it's all okay.
Radio NZ
9
We are magic; we can hunker down and figure it out.
Ebony
10
They just hunker down and wait for us to go by.
The stand
11
The ceiling dipped down to meet them, forcing the students to hunker low.
James Potter and the Morrigan Web
12
Given the uncertainty, the two bankers were telling their clients to hunker down.
The Irish Times
13
Steal a few credits and hunker down out of the line of fire?
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
14
I reckon ez how ye'd better hunker down and lie clost, you two.
The Master of Appleby / A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part w...
15
Maybe hunker down on top of it and swallow it whole?
Faefever
16
Mature Burmese pythons eat maybe once a month, then hunker down to digest.
Swamp Bones
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