sit down
21sit-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 …
22sit 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… …
23sit-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 …
24sit\ down — v To sit on a seat or resting place. After gym class Jim was tired and was glad to sit down and rest …
25ˌsit ˈdown — phrasal verb same as sit Please, sit down and make yourselves comfortable.[/ex] …
26sit 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,… …
27sit-down — adj. Sit down is used with these nouns: ↑protest, ↑restaurant, ↑strike …
28sit down at — phr verb Sit down at is used with these nouns as the object: ↑table …
29sit down in — phr verb Sit down in is used with these nouns as the object: ↑chair, ↑place …
30sit down on — phr verb Sit down on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bench, ↑chair, ↑couch, ↑settee, ↑sofa, ↑stool …
