down the hatch

Example Sentences

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“Breaking wind going up the hatch was okay. It was the people below you who suffered. But going down the hatch kept you in the cloud the whole way down.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2021

Diners at Koks tend not to be timid eaters; with rare exceptions, the mealworms go down the hatch.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 11, 2018

But as enormous as the B-52 is on the outside, once you fold down the hatch and clamber up the ladder into the dark interior, it is anything but spacious.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2015

Paleontologists have found that Tyrannosaurus rex chased down prey, ripped off chunks of flesh, and threw back its head to toss them down the hatch.

From National Geographic • Oct. 31, 2015

Then he ducked down the hatch and in a minute the motor started and he shifted the boat into reverse.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos