CAMP DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does camp down mean? 

• CAMP DOWN (verb)
  The verb CAMP DOWN has 1 sense:

1. establish or set up a camp

  Familiarity information: CAMP DOWN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAMP DOWN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Establish or set up a camp

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

camp; camp down

Hypernyms (to "camp down" is one way to...):

pitch; set up (erect and fasten)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

A flock of our fellows are going to drive over by-and-by, and I'll be hanged if I don't make them buy every flower she's got, and camp down before her table afterward, said Laurie, espousing her cause with warmth.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)