sit-down

[sit-doun]

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.

2. sit-down strike.

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

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

sit down

verb

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

2. to suffer (insults, etc) without protests or resistance

noun

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

2. See sit-down strike

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of sit down¹

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

Idioms and Phrases

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

sit down to . Prepare to eat a meal, as in At six we all sat down to dinner . [Late 1500s]

Example Sentences

The book is heavy on bold-face prescription and relatively light on argument and anecdote, so it’s more of a flip-through than a sit-down.

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It’s over’,” Kimmel recalled Wednesday night at the Bloomberg Screentime media conference in Hollywood in a lengthy sit-down interview three weeks after the controversy.

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Now, after the settlement and ahead of the official change in leadership, CBS News is now reportedly negotiating a potential “60 Minutes” sit-down with the president.

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Having stripped away most of the documentary’s narration and sit-down interviews with Kerr’s family and friends, the film barely explores anyone’s psychology — and Blunt’s railroaded Dawn loses her chance to speak for herself.

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In his first sit-down interview since the “The Late Show” was canceled, Colbert walked Kimmel through the timeline of his show’s cancellation.

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