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crotch down en · VERB

Etymology

Probably originally an eggcorn for crouch down.

Meanings

1. To crouch.
   • He was now crotched down on his knees, diligently digging at a plant, a trowel now in his hand. 2019, Mary Kay Abbott, Heartache and Hope:
   • Carter grabbed the girl, just as she slid off the horse – everyone else crotched down and aimed their muskets at the trees. 2017, Richard Smith, God Bless These Boys, page 69:
   • He crotched down in the blocks to check for comfort before rising up out of them at half speed and trotting a few meters up the track. 2009, Loon, 100 Meters, page 9:

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