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Idioms and Phrases

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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The judge tells him to sit tight and wait for his case to be individually handled at the end of the proceeding.

If I were the GOP, I'd pass a law repealing the mandate and sit tight, daring the administration to veto it.

Fill everyone up with pizza, the pilot correctly surmised, and they will be more likely to sit tight.

I told the Facebook group and my Twitter followers to sit tight—there was big news coming.

At first, Daniel advised Jews to ignore the fighting in the streets: Sit tight, he said, and pray to God.

As we rode off I heard the order given for every man to "sit tight and keep his eyes open."

There was no time for poetry; it was a case of "sit tight and ride hard," or surrender and be made prisoners.

To be scared all the time, to sit tight and keep your head down and hope you don't get noticed?

I want you to stop, lend me a lantern, and sit tight in the cab until I tell you to go on.

Instead, "Sit tight," he called, "and I'll have you out in a jiffy."

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