Usually means: Securely prepare for impending trouble.
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  1. batten down the hatches: Merriam-Webster
  2. batten down the hatches: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. batten down the hatches: Collins English Dictionary
  4. batten down the hatches: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. batten down the hatches: Wiktionary
  6. batten down the hatches: Dictionary.com
  7. Batten Down The Hatches: A to Z list of the most popular idioms
  8. batten down the hatches: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. Batten down the hatches: Phrase Finder
  10. batten down the hatches: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. batten down the hatches: Idioms

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  1. batten down the hatches: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (batten down the hatches)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To prepare for trouble.

Similar:
batten down, hunker down, bunker down, brace, lock and load, brace up, circle the wagons, batten, gather oneself together, embattle, more...

Opposite:
let loose, unfasten, unsecure, unbolt, unlatch

Phrases:
to batten down the hatches, more...

Adjectives:
cut out, fleet, uncast, ground, touch and go, trim, put about, blanket, trip, try, ware

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Similar:
batten down, hunker down, bunker down, brace, lock and load, brace up, circle the wagons, batten, gather oneself together, embattle, more...

Opposite:
let loose, unfasten, unsecure, unbolt, unlatch

Phrases:
to batten down the hatches, more...

Adjectives:
cut out, fleet, uncast, ground, touch and go, trim, put about, blanket, trip, try, ware



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