sit-in protest

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• sit-down — ˈsit down adjective sit down protest/​strike a protest in which people sit down, especially to block a road or other public place, until their demands are listened to: • Workers at the country s second largest steel factory began a sit down… …   Financial and business terms

• sit-down — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a meal) eaten sitting at a table. 2) (of a protest) in which demonstrators occupy their workplace or sit down on the ground in a public place. ► NOUN 1) a period of sitting down. 2) a sit down protest …   English terms dictionary

• sit-down — 1) N SING: a N If you have a sit down, you sit down and rest for a short time. [BRIT, INFORMAL] All he wanted was a cup of tea and a sit down. 2) ADJ: ADJ n A sit down meal is served to people sitting at tables. A sit down dinner was followed by… …   English dictionary

• sit-down — adjective denoting a protest in which demonstrators sit down on the ground in a public place, refusing to leave until their demands are met. noun 1》 a period of sitting down. 2》 a sit down protest …   English new terms dictionary

• sit-in — /sit in /, n. 1. an organized passive protest, esp. against racial segregation, in which the demonstrators occupy seats prohibited to them, as in restaurants and other public places. 2. any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully… …   Universalium

• sit-in — ˈsit in noun [countable] HUMAN RESOURCES a type of protest in which people refuse to leave the place where they work or study until their demands are agreed to: • Several hundred employees of a national bank staged a sit in to protest against… …   Financial and business terms

• sit-down — sit down1 adj 1.) a sit down meal or restaurant is one in which you sit at a table and eat a formal meal ▪ a sit down meal for 20 people 2.) sit down strike/protest a protest in which people sit down, especially to block a road or other public… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• sit-down — sit ,down adjective 1. ) a sit down dinner, meal, etc. is served to people who are sitting down 2. ) a sit down STRIKE, protest, etc. is a protest in which people sit down in order to stop a business from operating until their DEMANDS are… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• sit — /sIt/ verb past tense and past participle sat present participle sitting 1 IN A CHAIR ETC a) (I) to be on a chair or seat, or on the ground, with the top half of your body upright and your weight resting on your buttocks (+on/in/by etc): sitting… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• sit-in — n a type of protest in which people refuse to leave the place where they work or study until their demands are agreed to hold/stage a sit in ▪ Several thousand students staged sit ins and protest marches …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• sit-in — sit′ in n. 1) gov an organized passive protest against racial segregation in which the demonstrators occupy seats prohibited to them in public places 2) cvb any organized protest in which the demonstrators occupy and refuse to leave a public… …   From formal English to slang