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Meaning of turtle down | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To shrink (to cower or flinch).

intransitive

Examples

“As soon as he entered the haunted house, he turtled down into his jacket.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

turtle up turtled turtled down turtled up turtles turtles down