sit back

Verb

Meaning

settle into a comfortable sitting position

be inactive or indifferent while something is happening

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

take it easy chill out play rest loaf idle relax lounge slump flop chill repose unwind recline luxuriate
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Antonyms

bullock drudge explode boil spit grind
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Hypernyms

watch relax unwind unbend slow down decompress

Examples

To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last - but eat you he will. Ronald Reagan

I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife. F. Scott Fitzgerald

When I sit at my table to write, I never know what it's going to be until I'm under way. I trust in inspiration, which sometimes comes and sometimes doesn't. But I don't sit back waiting for it. I work every day. Alberto Moravia

I think the drummer should sit back there and play some drums, and never mind about the tunes. Just get up there and wail behind whoever is sitting up there playing the solo. And this is what is lacking, definitely lacking in music today. Buddy Rich

You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book. Dr. Seuss

The government itself is running exactly like the Sopranos and they sit back and they make deals. And they say okay, 'I'm going do this: France, you're getting the pipelines.' George Clooney

Close letter words and terms

sit astride sit at sit at home sit back and do nothing sit bone sit by