to prepare for difficult times. (A nautical expression, meaning, literally, to seal the hatches against the arrival of a storm.) • Here comes that contentious Mrs. Jones. Batten down the hatches! • Batten down the hatches, Congress is in session again.
batten
batten batten down the hatches to fasten canvas over the hatches, esp. in preparing for a storm
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