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duck down

duck down verb: to crouch in order to hide or protect oneself.

Verb

duck down (third-person singular simple present ducks down, present participle ducking down, simple past and past participle ducked down)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To crouch in order to hide or protect oneself.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To stoop oneself down quickly, in order to avoid being hit.

Forms of duck down

third-person singular presentducks down
present participleducking down
past participleducked down
pastducked down

Questions about duck down

What does duck down mean?
Duck down means to crouch in order to hide or protect oneself.
What part of speech is duck down?
Duck down is a verb.
What is the past tense of duck down?
The past tense of duck down is ducked down.

Words near duck down in the dictionary

  1. duck dinner
  2. duck dive
  3. duck dived
  4. duck dives
  5. duck diving
  6. duck down
  7. duck drownder
  8. duck egg
  9. duck eggs
  10. duck fart
  11. duck farts

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