sit sth out
— phrasal verb with sit uk/sɪt/us/sɪt/verb present participle sitting, past tense and past participle sat
(ACTIVITY)
to not take part in a physical activity such as a dance or a game, because you are tired or injured:
I'm feeling rather tired, so I think I'll sit out the next dance.
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Sitting and standing
- akimbo
- astride
- attention
- bestride
- cross-legged
- crouch
- four
- pew
- plop
- plump (sb/sth) down
- rampant
- seated
- seating
- stand
- stand aside
- stand round
- strike
- take a pew! idiom
- take the weight off your feet/legs idiom
- weight
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Refusing & rejecting
(SITUATION)
to wait for an unpleasant situation or event to finish, without leaving or taking some other action:
The company's management is prepared to sit out the strike rather than agree to union demands.
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Tolerating and enduring
- bear
- bear with sb
- bearable
- bide
- come to terms with sth idiom
- endurance
- philosophically
- resign yourself to sth
- resigned
- ride
- ride sth out
- sit
- stand for sth
- stew
- stew (in your own juice) idiom
- stick
- stick it out
- stick with it idiom
- stick with sth/sb
- sweat it out idiom
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