"battens down the hatches" meaning in English

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Verb

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  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of batten down the hatches Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: batten down the hatches
    Sense id: en-battens_down_the_hatches-en-verb-uTKy7vJb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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