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n. - The act of bending low with the limbs close to the body v. - Sit on one's heels; Bend one's back forward from the waist on down.

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  • "Just call the crouch, touch, pause, engage, and don't try to coach us," was Tialata's plea.
  • This part of the tunnel, again, you have to kind of crouch down.
  • "What's impressed me the most is that the folks have not gotten into a kind of crouch position," he said.
  • The crouch, not from fear but from natural stance.
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  • After that injury to his "crotch" (the bodily area where one's legs fork), he can only get up from a "crouch" (to bend the legs down low) by using a "crutch" (an underarm support).
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