sit tight
To wait patiently; to take no action; to remain quiet or relatively motionlessTo wait patiently; to take no action; to remain quiet or relatively motionless.
» We'll just have to sit tight.
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1 senses(idiomatic)To wait patiently; to take no action; to remain quiet or relatively motionless.
I'll be back in a few minutes, so sit tight while I go find her.
- maintain the same position; wait it out
Examples
11 sentencesWe'll just have to sit tight.
We just have to sit tight and hope.
Sit tight for a second.
ruПосиди смирно секунду. — sharptoothed
Just sit tight.
Let's sit tight.
ruДавай переждём. — odexed
deLasst uns abwarten. — mayabe
Forms
sits tight, sitting tight, sat tight, sat tight| Base form | sit tight · to sit tight |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | sits tight |
| Present participle | sitting tight |
| Past simple | sat tight |
| Past participle | sat tight |
irregular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.