batten down the hatches
to fasten the entrances to the lower part of a ship using wooden boards
to prepare for a difficult situation:
When you're coming down with flu all you can do is batten down the hatches and wait for it to pass.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Closing and blocking
- barricade
- batten
- block sth off
- block sth up
- blockage
- dam sth up
- dark
- ensconce
- ensconced
- gum
- gum sth up
- jam
- occlude
- seal
- shut (sth) off
- shutter
- silt (sth) up
- snap
- the darkest hour is just before the dawn idiom
- wedge
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