sit-down
done or accomplished while sitting down: sit-down meetings between the two party leaders.
(of a meal or food) served to or intended for persons seated at a table: a sit-down dinner.
Informal. a period or instance of sitting, as to relax, talk, or the like: They had a profitable sit-down together.
a protest demonstration whereby participants refuse to move from a public place.
Informal. a meal, especially a dinner, served to persons who are seated at a table.
Origin of sit-down
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How to use sit-down in a sentence
Two police officers had been assaulted in New York less than a week before the sitdown.
De Blasio and the New York City Protesters Have No Blood on Their Hands | Jacob Siegel | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBefore their sitdown Friday, Justice League NYC had been demanding a meeting with the mayor for more than a week.
Take the George Stephanopoulos sitdown for Good Morning America.
Actually, she stopped by 10 weeks later because she didn't want to miss a sitdown with President Obama.
Barbara Walters Opens Up About Her Heart Surgery | Howard Kurtz | February 2, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTThe mean Bush years replaced the stand-up comic with the sitdown deflations of Stewart and Colbert.
British Dictionary definitions for sit down
to adopt or cause (oneself or another) to adopt a sitting posture
(intr foll by under) to suffer (insults, etc) without protests or resistance
a form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators sit down in a public place as a protest or to draw attention to a cause
See sit-down strike
(of a meal, etc) eaten while sitting down at a table
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Other Idioms and Phrases with sit-down
Take a seat, as in Won't you sit down? I won't be long. [c. 1200]
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