Idiom
have a seat
Meaning
A polite directive to sit down
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Please have a seat while you wait for the doctor.”
“The manager gestured toward the empty chair and told the applicant to have a seat.”
“After the long journey, the host kindly invited the weary traveler to have a seat by the fire.”
Examples
simple
“Please have a seat while you wait for the doctor.”
contextual
“The manager gestured toward the empty chair and told the applicant to have a seat.”
complex
“After the long journey, the host kindly invited the weary traveler to have a seat by the fire.”
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