as in crouching
to lie low with the limbs close to the body
had to hunker down so no one would see him behind the gate
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“Hunkering (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunkering%20%28down%29. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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