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
Perhaps Christian Bale should be the first to take this advice to heart—at least the “sit down” part.
Christian Bale: One Man's Moses Is Another Man's Terrorist | Candida Moss, Joel Baden | December 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter Rosemary offers me some tea, I sit down on the couch with Downey Sr. to discuss his astonishing life, and career.
The Renegade: Robert Downey Sr. on His Classic Films, Son’s Battle with Drugs, and Bill Cosby | Marlow Stern | November 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Sit down and shut up” was how all important family discussions began and ended where the rest of America grew up.
He’d say, ‘What am I going to do—sit down all day and do nothing?
How Brooklyn’s First Ice Cream Girl Fought City Hall–and Won | Michael Daly | October 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI write from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and when I turn the computer off, I sit down and read from that period for an hour or so.
Sarah Waters: Queen of the Tortured Lesbian Romance | Tim Teeman | September 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
You see, they always butter their chairs so that they won't stick fast when they sit down.
Davy and The Goblin | Charles E. CarrylBeing quieted by the Captain with a draught of cold tea, and made to sit down, the examination of the book proceeded.
The Giant of the North | R.M. BallantyneIs it not enough that this man shall every morning sit down to breakfast with the lovely Mees Lucy?
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsSit down by the fire, younker, and rest yourself; for youll have to go out with us again to-night, though not very far off.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3) | Charles DickensSit down, Dorothy Chance, Ye'r welcome to what we ha'; not 'specting company you'll find no junkets at table.
The World Before Them | Susanna Moodie
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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