Meaning Of The Word Batten down the hatches
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Batten down the hatches Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Batten down the hatches?
batten down the hatches in British English
prepare for stormy weather: used as a command to fasten canvas over the hatches, esp. in preparing for a storm to prepare for a difficult situation by doing everything you can to protect yourself to use battens in nailing a tarpaulin over a hatch on a ship to make it secure |
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