Antonyms for hunker downhun·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

How to use hunker down in a sentence?

1. Collin Arnold:

   August 29 is an important date in history here, a lot of people remember what happened 16 years ago. It's time to hunker down tonight and be where you need to be.

2. 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.

3. Jeff Butler:

   Freezing in place is the worst thing you can do. Seconds would matter, the first thing is running. Don't hunker down in place, if there is a viable exit nearby that gets you completely out of the scenario.

4. Holly Parker:

   If somebody with infinite knowledge could tell us( when) this is going to be over if you just hunker down and you socially distance... if people knew, they would have a greater ability to hold on.

5. 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.

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