sit with
To consider (something) slowly and carefully, to reflect on.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“I need to sit with this decision for a while.”
“The feedback was difficult to hear, so I asked for time to sit with it before responding.”
“Rather than reacting impulsively to the sudden news, she chose to sit with the information until she could process its full implications.”
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sit back
To relax, to not exert oneself.
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sit in
To attend a class, educational presentation, meeting, etc. for one time, as a visitor.
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sit in for
To substitute; to take somebody's place.
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sit in with
To join (often as an observer, supervisor or outsider) a group working together on a task.
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sit on
To block, suppress, restrain (something).
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sit on a tack
An expression of contempt or dismissiveness directed at someone, particularly in the case of disagreement.
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sit on one's ass
To be very lazy and idle, especially when immediate action is required.
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sit on one's hands
To remain idle when action is needed, perhaps because of fear, ignorance, complacency, indecisiveness, or dislike of the person(s) or situation.
Last updated August 10, 2026