crouch down
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to lower the body by bending the knees, moving into a crouching position
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- We crouched down to avoid being seen.
- He crouched down to talk to the little girl at her eye level.
- The cat crouched down in the grass, ready to pounce on the bird.
- Crouch down if you hear the alarm.
- She had to crouch down to look under the car for her keys.
- The baseball catcher has to crouch down behind the plate for hours.
- When the explosion happened, everyone instinctively crouched down.
- If the path is too low, you will need to crouch down to get through.
- Look, the soldiers are crouching down behind the wall.
- It's harder to crouch down like that as you get older.