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batten down

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Verb1.batten down - furnish with battens; "batten ships"
batten, secure
beef up, fortify, strengthen - make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"
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vt sep to batten down the hatches → die Luken schalken (spec) → or dicht machen; (fig: = close doors, windows) → alles dicht machen; (= prepare oneself) → sich auf etwas gefasst machen


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