sit over

verb

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

Example Sentences

It allowed long-lasting areas of high pressure to sit over the UK keeping rain clouds away and helping heat to build.

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"This has always been a government way of oppressing, intimidating and suppressing citizens because they know the courts don't sit over the weekend – and now we have a public holiday," Ms Odhiambo said.

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We sit over here in our homes in the United States ordering pizza and watching Netflix and putting the kids to bed and getting ready to go to work in the morning, and overseas, soldiers and sailors and airmen and Marines are in harm's way just by the jobs that they do.

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And if the storm ends up being a little slower than expected, it could sit over one area and prolong rainfall there, or result in heavier rainfall across the board, she said.

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She added that Parliament should be prepared to sit over Christmas to pass the bill.

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