Idiom idiom
hunker down
Meaning
To take shelter; to prepare oneself for some eventuality; to focus on a task.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“A big storm is coming, so we should hunker down inside.”
“With the final exam only two days away, I need to hunker down and finish my notes.”
“As the economic crisis deepened, the company decided to hunker down and reduce all unnecessary spending until the market stabilized.”
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Last updated August 10, 2026