hunker-down

(v) sit on one's heels
- In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting
- The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm
hunker, scrunch up, squat, crouch, scrunch,
(v) take shelter
- During the sandstorm, they hunkered down in a small hut
(v) hold stubbornly to a position
- The wife hunkered down and the husband's resistance began to break down

hunker scrunch up squat crouch scrunch