Translations for „batten down“ in the English » German Dictionary

batten down VB trans

to batten sth ⇆ down

etw mit Latten befestigen

to batten sth ⇆ down NAUT

etw verschalken spec

to batten down the hatches

die Luken dicht machen

to batten down the hatches fig inf

sich acc auf etwas gefasst machen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to batten down the hatches

die Luken dicht machen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

You might as well batten down the hatches, too.

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So batten down the hatches, hope the wins start coming, and ensure there's enough hot pies and cold beers for those who turn up.

www.greenandgoldrugby.com

Arsenal need to batten down the hatches, pull together and start getting their league campaign back on track.

au.eurosport.com

Those who can't escape will stockpile groceries, batten down the hatches and ride out the storm.

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They just try to batten down the hatches and make everything very, very difficult and pretend nothing has happened.

www.bloomberg.com

I've never met anyone on land with a hatch to batten down but this is what comes of being a maritime nation.

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The more we shout and speak up the more they'll batten down the hatches, but that only encourages you to fight even harder.

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We took the decision to batten down the hatches.

www.dailymail.co.uk

We will probably batten down the hatches for a while, but there has been no decision to stop doing things.

www.ftadviser.com

And when you mix a rave drug with large quantities of alcohol, it really is time (for the rest of us) to batten down the hatches.

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