batten down

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batten down - furnish with battens; "batten ships"

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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w>batten down

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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