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  • 21sit up — {v.} 1. To move into a sitting position. * /Joe sat up when he heard the knock on his bedroom door./ 2. To stay awake instead of going to bed. * /Mrs. Jones will sit up until both of her daughters get home from the dance./ * /We sat up until two… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 22sit up — {v.} 1. To move into a sitting position. * /Joe sat up when he heard the knock on his bedroom door./ 2. To stay awake instead of going to bed. * /Mrs. Jones will sit up until both of her daughters get home from the dance./ * /We sat up until two… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 23Sit — Sit, v. t. 1. To sit upon; to keep one s seat upon; as, he sits a horse well. [1913 Webster] Hardly the muse can sit the headstrong horse. Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to; used… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 24Sit-in — …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 25Sit-in — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Se denomina sit in o sit down a una forma de protesta no violenta basada en la ocupación de una zona con el objeto de llamar la atención sobre unas determinadas demandas. Calles, plazas y cercanías de edificios… …

    Wikipedia Español

  • 26sit-up — BrE sit|up AmE [ˈsıtʌp] n an exercise to make your stomach muscles strong in which you sit up from a lying position, while keeping your feet on the floor →↑crunch ▪ Jerry says he does two hundred sit ups a day …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27Sit in — Le sit in est une méthode d intervention directe qui consiste à s asseoir sur la voie publique, dans un édifice public ou un établissement privé et à rester le plus longtemps possible sur les lieux. Il peut s agir d une manifestation assise ayant …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 28Sit-in — Sit in, auch Sit|in das; [s], s <aus gleichbed. engl. sit in zu to sit in »teilnehmen, anwesend sein«> demonstratives Sichhinsetzen einer Gruppe von Demonstranten zum Zeichen des Protests, Sitzstreik …

    Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • 29sit\ in — • sit in (on) v 1. To be a member; participate. We re having a conference and we d like you to sit in. We want you to sit in on the meeting. 2. To attend but not participate. Our teacher was invited to sit in on the conference. Compare: look on …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 30sit\ in\ on — • sit in (on) v 1. To be a member; participate. We re having a conference and we d like you to sit in. We want you to sit in on the meeting. 2. To attend but not participate. Our teacher was invited to sit in on the conference. Compare: look on …

    Словарь американских идиом