sit down

Definitions

1. 1

   To assume a sitting position from a standing position.

   • Sit down! We have work to do.
   • I sat down in the armchair, and my sis sat down on the floor.
   • And lo / many publicans and ſynners / cam and ſatt downe alſo with Ieſus / and his diſciples.
2. 2

   To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture

   To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.

   • Sit your ass down and shut up.
   • I sat him down and explained to him how things truly work around here.
   • Coming home, therefore, I sat me down secretly under the Shrine of St. Edmund, fearing lest our Lord Abbot should seize and imprison me.
3. 3

   To meet formally at a conference table.

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   1. 4

      To meet with someone for discussions, negotiations or interrogation.

      • I sat down with him about the allegations.
   2. 5

      To assume a low or sunken position.

      • The ball scooted off the fairway and sat down in the thick rough.
      • As we all climbed aboard, the little boat sat down low in the water.
   3. 6

      In Aboriginal use, to live or stay at (a place).

      • He ‘sat down’ for days, regaining his strength, quietly sizing up his little kingdom.
      • ‘He sit down long time, plenty days, too quiet altogether. All a time he look out young lubra.’
   4. 7

      To take up residence in or settle (an area).

The neighborhood

• neighborlie down
• neighborset a spell
• neighborset down
• neighborsit
• neighborsit up
• neighborstand up