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hunkers (down)

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present tense third-person singular of hunker (down)

as in crouches

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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“Hunkers (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunkers%20%28down%29. Accessed 20 Mar. 2023.

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