sit back
Third Person
sits back
Present Participle
sitting back
Past Tense
sat back
Past Participle
sat back
1
to relax and make oneself comfortable in a sitting position
- The audience sat back and enjoyed the show.
- He sat back in his armchair and read the newspaper.
- She sat back on the sofa and watched her favorite TV show.
- They sat back on the beach and soaked up the sun.
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2
to be indifferent about something that is happening
- The government is sitting back and doing nothing about the cost of living crisis.
- The shareholders sat back and let the CEO run the company into the ground.
- The students sat back and let the teacher do all the work.
- I'm not going to sit back and let this happen to me.
- We need to take action, not just sit back and wait for things to change.
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