sit (sb) up
— phrasal verb with sit uk/sɪt/us/sɪt/verb present participle sitting, past tense and past participle sat
to move into a sitting position after you have been lying down, or to help someone else to do this:
Let me sit you up in the bed so you'll be more comfortable.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sitting and standing
- akimbo
- astride
- attention
- bestride
- cross-legged
- crouch
- four
- pew
- plop
- plump (sb/sth) down
- rampant
- seated
- seating
- sit sth out
- stand
- stand round
- strike
- take a pew! idiom
- take the weight off your feet/legs idiom
- weight
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