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1sit-in — /sit in /, n. 1. an organized passive protest, esp. against racial segregation, in which the demonstrators occupy seats prohibited to them, as in restaurants and other public places. 2. any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully… …
2See — See, n. [OE. se, see, OF. se, sed, sied, fr. L. sedes a seat, or the kindred sedere to sit. See {Sit}, and cf. {Siege}.] 1. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Jove laughed on Venus from his… …
3sit-down — /sit down /, adj. 1. done or accomplished while sitting down: sit down meetings between the two party leaders. 2. (of a meal or food) served to or intended for persons seated at a table: a sit down dinner. n. 3. Informal. a period or instance of… …
4sit vac — see sit n.2 …
5Sit Down, Shut Up (U.S. TV series) — For Australian version, see Sit Down, Shut Up (Australian TV series). Sit Down, Shut Up Genre Comedy Blue humor Format 2D com …
6sit 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 …
7sit-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… …
8sit pretty — phrasal : to be in a highly favorable situation sitting pretty with a full house against a flush and a straight Americans … had a virtual monopoly of piston engined air transports, and they were sitting pretty Charles Gardner * * * sit pretty see …
9sit — (v.) O.E. sittan to be seated, to seat oneself (class V strong verb; past tense sæt, pp. seten), from P.Gmc. *setjanan (Cf. O.S. sittian, O.N. sitja, O.Fris. sitta, M.Du. sitten, Du. zitten, O.H.G. sizzan, Ger. sitzen, Goth. sitan), from PIE …
10sit in judgment — phrase to criticize someone, especially when you have no right to do so sit in judgment on/over: What right have you to sit in judgment on me? Thesaurus: to criticize, accuse or blamesynonym words used to describe criticismhyponym Main entry …
