sit-down

[ sit-doun ]
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adjective
  1. done or accomplished while sitting down: sit-down meetings between the two party leaders.

  2. (of a meal or food) served to or intended for persons seated at a table: a sit-down dinner.

noun
  1. Informal. a period or instance of sitting, as to relax, talk, or the like: They had a profitable sit-down together.

  1. a protest demonstration whereby participants refuse to move from a public place.

  2. Informal. a meal, especially a dinner, served to persons who are seated at a table.

Origin of sit-down

1
First recorded in 1830–40; adj. and noun use of verb phrase sit down

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How to use sit-down in a sentence

  • You see, they always butter their chairs so that they won't stick fast when they sit down.

    Davy and The Goblin | Charles E. Carryl
  • Being 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. Ballantyne
  • Is it not enough that this man shall every morning sit down to breakfast with the lovely Mees Lucy?

  • Sit down by the fire, younker, and rest yourself; for youll have to go out with us again to-night, though not very far off.

  • Sit 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

sit down

verb(adverb)
  1. to adopt or cause (oneself or another) to adopt a sitting posture

  2. (intr foll by under) to suffer (insults, etc) without protests or resistance

nounsit-down
  1. a form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators sit down in a public place as a protest or to draw attention to a cause

adjectivesit-down
  1. (of a meal, etc) eaten while sitting down at a table

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Other Idioms and Phrases with sit-down

sit-down

Take a seat, as in Won't you sit down? I won't be long. [c. 1200]

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