sit tight

Idioms  

1. Be patient, take no action, as in If you just sit tight I'm sure your passport will be returned to you. [Colloquial; first half of 1700s]

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Example Sentences

De Zerbi may prefer to bide his time and sit tight as opposed to taking on a salvage operation.

From BBC

"Originally we thought 'Well, that seems expensive, let's sit tight for five minutes and see what happens'," he said.

From BBC

Take your cash out and miss the high returns—or sit tight and risk seeing the value of your investment decline even further?

From Barron's

Now I just need to sit tight and wait for my instructions.

From Literature

“Not being able to size those two things probably puts more weight on sitting tight for a while,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• stick around