Definition of Sit out

1. Verb. Not participate in (an activity, such as a dance or a sports event). "He sat out the game"

Category relationships: Athletics, Sport
Generic synonyms: Forbear, Refrain

2. Verb. Endure to the end.

Definition of Sit out

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To decline to participate; particularly, to decline to dance. ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic) To not participate. ¹

3. Verb. (nautical) To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails. ¹

4. Verb. ''(Amateur Wrestling Term)'' To escape a hold while face-down by swinging one's legs around into the sitting position. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sit Out

sit-up
sit-up-and-beg
sit-ups
sit around
sit back
sit by
sit dead-red
sit down
sit in
sit in for
sit in on
sit on
sit on it
sit on one's hands
sit on the fence
sit out
sit still
sit through
sit tight
sit up
sit ups
sitagliptin
sitar
sitar player
sitarist
sitarists
sitarlike
sitars
sitatunga
sitatungas

Literary usage of Sit out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel, Johann Gottfried Flügel (1861)
"wear out bj sitting; 2. to sit out (a given time); to pay off (a debt) by sitting in pri son; .... sit out ..."

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