sit out
verb- To decline to participate; particularly, to decline to dance. · I don't like this tune, and I'm rather tired, so I think I'll just sit out.· I don't like this tune, and I'm rather tired, so I think I'll just sit it out.
- To await the cessation of, without taking part.
- To be away from the table in the midst of an ongoing game, thus automatically placing one's forced bets and otherwise folding every hand when it is one's time to act.
- To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails.
- To escape a hold while face down by swinging one's legs around into the sitting position.
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