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  • 41ˌsit ˈdown — phrasal verb same as sit Please, sit down and make yourselves comfortable.[/ex] …

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  • 42sit down — verb a) To assume a sitting position from a standing position. Sit down! We have work to do. b) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to. Coming home, therefore, I sat me down secretly under the Shrine of St. Edmund,… …

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  • 43sit-down money — noun Welfare or social security payments made to aboriginal people, including unemployment benefits. 2005: A discussion paper being released today canvasses a number of proposals to transform the payments that have become known as sit down money …

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  • 44sit-down — adj. Sit down is used with these nouns: ↑protest, ↑restaurant, ↑strike …

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  • 45sit down at — phr verb Sit down at is used with these nouns as the object: ↑table …

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  • 46sit down in — phr verb Sit down in is used with these nouns as the object: ↑chair, ↑place …

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  • 47sit down on — phr verb Sit down on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bench, ↑chair, ↑couch, ↑settee, ↑sofa, ↑stool …

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  • 48sit down strike — Synonyms and related words: arrest, bell, boycott, boycottage, check, checkmate, cutoff, dead stop, deadlock, end, endgame, ending, final whistle, full stop, grinding halt, gun, halt, job action, lockout, outlaw strike, revolt, rulebook slowdown …

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  • 49sit down with — Synonyms and related words: advise with, bargain, call in, collogue, compare notes, confer, confer with, consult, consult with, counsel, deliberate, discuss, discuss with, exchange observations, exchange views, have conversations, hold conference …

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  • 50sit-down job —    an act of defecation    Usually of a male, who does not avail himself of the modern pedestal seat for urination:     Oh, a sit down job is it? (Higgins, 1976) …

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