English

Verb

batten down the hatches ‎(third-person singular simple present battens down the hatches, present participle battening down the hatches, simple past and past participle battened down the hatches)

1. (idiomatic) To prepare for trouble.

Usage notes

• Other determiners (eg, these, those, all the) and modifiers (eg, virtual, financial) can modify hatches.

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