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31sit-down strike — noun a strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached • Syn: ↑sit down • Hypernyms: ↑strike, ↑work stoppage * * * noun see sit down I, 1b * * * a strike during which workers occupy their place of employment… …
32sit-down — I. adjective Date: 1834 served to seated diners < a sit down dinner >; also of, relating to, or serving sit down meals < a sit down restaurant > II. noun Date: 1936 1. a cessation of work by employees while maintaining continuous occupation of… …
33sit down — 1) see sit 2), 3) 2) PHRASAL VERB If you sit down and do something, you spend time and effort doing it in order to try to achieve something. [V P] Have you both sat down and worked out a budget together?... [V P] 150 countries sat down to discuss …
34sit-down — UK / US adjective 1) a sit down dinner, meal etc is served to people who are sitting down 2) a sit down strike, protest etc is a protest in which people sit down in order to stop a business from operating until their demands are listened to …
35Sit-Down Strikes — During the 1930s, various groups of workers adopted a new method of striking. Rather than simply withdraw their labor by walking out, they brought about the closure of factories by sitting down and occupying the plant. The first such strike… …
36sit down — vb to acquiesce, submit or suffer in silence. The opposite to standing up for oneself , sit down is a synonym for the probably more widespread lie down. The phrase has become a vogue term and a busi ness jargon expression rather than a mere… …
37sit-down — adjective denoting a protest in which demonstrators sit down on the ground in a public place, refusing to leave until their demands are met. noun 1》 a period of sitting down. 2》 a sit down protest …
38sit-down strike — /ˌsɪt daʊn ˈstraɪk / (say .sit down struyk) noun a strike during which workers refuse either to leave their place of employment or to work or to allow others to work until the strike is settled. Also, sit down …
39sit-down strike — a strike during which workers occupy their place of employment and refuse to work or allow others to work until the strike is settled. Also called sit down, sit in. [1930 35, Amer.] * * * …
40sit\ down — v To sit on a seat or resting place. After gym class Jim was tired and was glad to sit down and rest …
