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duck down

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duck down
to stoop down quickly, as if to avoid being hit. He ducked down when he heard the gunshot. Duck down and get out of the way.
See also: duck
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When Ajax lifted his shield Teucer would peer round, and when he had hit any one in the throng, the man would fall dead; then Teucer would hie back to Ajax as a child to its mother, and again duck down under his shield.
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We wasted half an hour fussing over that dead duck down under, and now I'm expected to go rubbin' my back all round the Pole.
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