to have a sit-down

  • 1sit-down — sit down1 adj 1.) a sit down meal or restaurant is one in which you sit at a table and eat a formal meal ▪ a sit down meal for 20 people 2.) sit down strike/protest a protest in which people sit down, especially to block a road or other public… …

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  • 2sit-down — 1) N SING: a N If you have a sit down, you sit down and rest for a short time. [BRIT, INFORMAL] All he wanted was a cup of tea and a sit down. 2) ADJ: ADJ n A sit down meal is served to people sitting at tables. A sit down dinner was followed by… …

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  • 3Sit 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 …

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  • 4sit down — verb 1. take a seat (Freq. 38) • Syn: ↑sit • Ant: ↑arise • Hypernyms: ↑change posture • Verb Group: ↑sit …

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  • 5Sit Down Young Stranger — Infobox Album | Name = Sit Down Young Stranger Type = Album Artist = Gordon Lightfoot Released = April, 1970 Recorded = September December, 1969 Genre = Folk Length = 36:44 Label = Reprise Records Producer = Lenny Waronker and Joseph Wissert… …

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  • 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 …

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  • 7Sit-Down-Look — A Nigerian expression meaning to passively observe – now used to describe the developing world’s quiescent role in the global economic collapse. In a recent editorial for the Nigerian paper This Day, Kennedy Ifeh suggested that the third world… …

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  • 8sit 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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  • 9sit-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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  • 10sit 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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