sit back en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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To recline while still in a seated position, with one's back on the frame of the seat.
Please just sit back and watch the show.
The line along the Northumbrian coast to Berwick and into Scotland is stunning (even on a Voyager!), and the weather is perfect - just sit back, relax, and enjoy the motion picture that plays beyond the window.
2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75:She sat back on her haunches.
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(idiomatic) To relax, to not exert oneself.
Predictably in the second half it was the Potters, who went searching for goals as Fulham sat back to defend their lead.
2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, in BBC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sits back | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| sat back | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sat back | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| sitting back | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (10)
de sich zurücklehnen (to recline while still in a seated position) · bg почивам (to relax, to not exert oneself) · de sich zurücklehnen (to relax, to not exert oneself) · bg облягам се (to recline while still in a seated position) · ru бездействовать (to relax, to not exert oneself) · es relajarse (to relax, to not exert oneself) · ru откинуться (to recline while still in a seated position) · pl rozsiąść się (to recline while still in a seated position) · fr se détendre (to relax, to not exert oneself) · ru сложить руки (to relax, to not exert oneself)