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  • 1sit back — {v.} 1. To be built a distance away; stand away (as from a street). * /Our house sits back from the road./ 2. To relax; rest, often while others are working; take time out. * /Sit back for a minute and think about what you have done./ …

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  • 2sit back — {v.} 1. To be built a distance away; stand away (as from a street). * /Our house sits back from the road./ 2. To relax; rest, often while others are working; take time out. * /Sit back for a minute and think about what you have done./ …

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  • 3sit back and do something — sit back and (do something) to take no action and allow something to happen. You can t just sit back and let them close down the library. Americans shouldn t just sit back and allow this technology to run their lives …

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  • 4sit back and — (do something) to take no action and allow something to happen. You can t just sit back and let them close down the library. Americans shouldn t just sit back and allow this technology to run their lives …

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  • 5sit back — and listen to the music Syn: relax, unwind, lie back; informal let it all hang out, veg out, hang loose, chill (out), take a load off …

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  • 6sit back — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms sit back : present tense I/you/we/they sit back he/she/it sits back present participle sitting back past tense sat back past participle sat back to relax and stop making the effort to do something We can t… …

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  • 7sit back — PHRASAL VERB If you sit back while something is happening, you relax and do not become involved in it. [INFORMAL] [V P] They didn t have to do anything except sit back and enjoy life... [V P to inf] American firms handed over technologies to… …

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  • 8sit back — to stop being active. We haven t had many opportunities to sit back and talk to each other. We re not so good that we can afford to just tell people we re the greatest and then sit back …

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  • 9sit back — verb a) To recline while still in a seated position, with ones back on the frame of the seat. Please just sit back and watch the show. b) To relax, to not exert oneself …

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  • 10sit\ back — v 1. To be built a distance away; stand away (as from a street). Our house sits back from the road. 2. To relax; rest, often while others are working; take time out. Sit back for a minute and think about what you have done …

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