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sit over

British  

verb

  1. (intr, preposition) cards to be seated in an advantageous position on the left of (the player)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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When it’s finished in 2024, a new 3-acre park with plantings and walkways will sit over a portion of the highway.

From Seattle Times Jul. 13, 2023

“Without a strong breeze, you’re going to be breathing a lot more pollution. It’s going to kind of sit over us for a few days.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2023

Perkins said the ground is already saturated, and the storm is slowing in a way that might allow it to sit over the area for days, dumping cataclysmic amounts of rain.

From Washington Post Sep. 26, 2022

“They knew when I was not feeling good. I would just say, ‘I’m going to sit over here.’

From Washington Times Dec. 27, 2019

“He’s a human being, even if he is dead. Now help me pull him out. Pita, you go sit over there if you can’t handle it.”

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

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