sit back

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• sit back — {v.} 1. To be built a distance away; stand away (as from a street). * /Our house sits back from the road./ 2. To relax; rest, often while others are working; take time out. * /Sit back for a minute and think about what you have done./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• sit back — {v.} 1. To be built a distance away; stand away (as from a street). * /Our house sits back from the road./ 2. To relax; rest, often while others are working; take time out. * /Sit back for a minute and think about what you have done./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• sit back — and listen to the music Syn: relax, unwind, lie back; informal let it all hang out, veg out, hang loose, chill (out), take a load off …   Thesaurus of popular words

• sit back — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms sit back : present tense I/you/we/they sit back he/she/it sits back present participle sitting back past tense sat back past participle sat back to relax and stop making the effort to do something We can t… …   English dictionary

• sit back — PHRASAL VERB If you sit back while something is happening, you relax and do not become involved in it. [INFORMAL] [V P] They didn t have to do anything except sit back and enjoy life... [V P to inf] American firms handed over technologies to… …   English dictionary

• sit back — to stop being active. We haven t had many opportunities to sit back and talk to each other. We re not so good that we can afford to just tell people we re the greatest and then sit back …   New idioms dictionary

• sit back — verb a) To recline while still in a seated position, with ones back on the frame of the seat. Please just sit back and watch the show. b) To relax, to not exert oneself …   Wiktionary

• sit\ back — v 1. To be built a distance away; stand away (as from a street). Our house sits back from the road. 2. To relax; rest, often while others are working; take time out. Sit back for a minute and think about what you have done …   Словарь американских идиом

• sit back — 1) be built a distance away from a street The large mansion sits back three or four hundred meters from the street. 2) relax, rest, take time out We decided to sit back for the day and not do anything …   Idioms and examples

• sit back on — phr verb Sit back on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑heel …   Collocations dictionary

• ˌsit ˈback — phrasal verb to relax and stop making the effort to do something We can t just sit back and let them win.[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English