crouch down

crouch down

To squat. I crouched down to look for the earring under my desk, but I still couldn't find it.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

crouch down

to stoop or huddle down. Crouch down here, next to me. Suddenly, Tex crouched down and reached for his pistol.
See also: crouch, down
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • chuck down
  • chuck something down
  • bounce up and down
  • boogie down
  • boogie down to (some place)
  • boogie down to somewhere
  • anything new down your way?
  • come a gutser
  • bucket down
  • be down to somebody/something
References in periodicals archive
Ending with an encore of Blinded by the Lights he instructed an obliging audience to crouch down low then go bonkers with the increasing tempo of the song.
Spurs turned Crouch down when he was a teenager but he will link up with another former Portsmouth striker Jermain Defoe at White Hart Lane.
"I still need more doing to improve the movement in the joint because although I have got the bend, it is uncomfortable to crouch down in the jockey position with the weight on the knee.
Or does he just really want to crouch down behind his settee and wave a white flag?
They don't portray Katie Holmes as a Stepford Wife robot, or Cruise himself as a vertically-challenged twerp who makes his women crouch down so he appears to be of regular height.
The new design will offer a lower waist and a roomier seat--designed, in part, to keep the jeans from slipping down the hips when wearers bend over or crouch down, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported last week.
"There were stones and dust and I had to shut my eyes and crouch down holding on to the kids.
DANNY GABBIDON is determined to cap an incredible season by chopping Liverpool striker Peter Crouch down to size and helping West Ham to glory in Saturday's FA Cup final.
College principal David Willshaw said he and the college estates manager were at the front of the building when he heard a sound "like the clap of air" and saw the woman crouch down with her hand covering her eye.
"It was a humiliating experience for Jews who come to remember a slaughtered family to have to crouch down while terrorists shoot wildly around," said David Hatuel afterwards.
The train driver,from Warton, Lancs,has phoned wife Janet, 35, and daughter Charlotte, 7, said his mother-in-law,Hella Harrison: ``Richard said he was in the back of the jeep and he managed to crouch down and then he went unconscious,'' she said.``All he knew about it was when he woke up in the hospital.''
Which means they do not go to public school, nor do they go to private school, but rather to the privatest of all schools, the one that comes with no seat in the back of the room next to the terrarium to crouch down in.
* Get in the safety position if no shelter is nearby: Crouch down on the balls of your feet, hands on your knees, and feet together.
The same height as Dustin Hoffman and Woody Allen, the 5ft 5in actor's size forced the girl to crouch down to give him a peck on the cheek as a member of the bridal party looked on.
And he's ready to become a tough guy to bring Crouch down to earth.