Mr. Tom Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary
Batten down the hatches
Hi
I often see the idiom batten down the hatches without the word down -- something like this:
We are battening our hatches for a storm tomorrow.
Do you think the idiom can be tampered with this way?
Thanks,
Tom
Top answer
Mr. Do you think the idiom can be tampered with this way? Yes.
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Mr. TomI often see the idiom batten down the hatches without the word down -- something like this:We are battening our hatches for a storm tomorrow.Do you think the idiom can be tampered with this way?
Yes. 'Down' is optional nowadays, though not so common.
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