sit down

sit down idiom
  1. Take a seat, as in Won't you sit down? I won't be long. [c. 1200]
  2. sit down to. Prepare to eat a meal, as in At six we all sat down to dinner. [Late 1500s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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