sit down
verb- 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.
- 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.
- To meet formally at a conference table.
- To meet with someone for discussions, negotiations or interrogation. · I sat down with him about the allegations.
- 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.
From the library
Might I beg that you would have the goodness to sit down upon one of those boxes, and not to interfere?”
But Dorothy did not know this, nor could she get away from the bright red flowers that were everywhere about; so presently her eyes grew heavy and she felt she must sit down to rest and to sleep.
Meanwhile Fernand made his appearance, poured out for himself a glass of water with a trembling hand; then hastily swallowing it, went to sit down at the first vacant place, and this was, by mere chance, placed next to the seat on which poor Mercédès had fallen half fainting, when released from the warm and affectionate embrace of old Dantès.
“Sit down there,” said Villefort, giving up his place to Morrel, “and write what I dictate.”
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