sit tight

Speech parts

1. sit tight - Verb

2. sit tight - Phrase

Meaning

maintain the same position; wait it out

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Synonyms

tarry remain hold stay stand wait expect abide await anticipate linger bide stand-by hang around stick around
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Antonyms

depart take flight break out break away clear out slip away
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Hypernyms

remain rest stay

Examples

Let's not make a decision--let's sit tight Source: Internet

For now, most players are going to have to just sit tight and wait for ’s new UFO mission to become publicly available. Source: Internet

However, I would point out that this self-renewal is not 100 percent, otherwise we would all live for ever as there would be no kidney disease, for example, as all you have to do is sit tight and wait for spontaneous cell renewal. Source: Internet

If a Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 Art is a lens you’ve been longing for, just sit tight — your wait may soon be over. Source: Internet

All we can do really is sit tight and wait for more news.” Source: Internet

She presented it to the attorney, who was Steve Hitchcock at the time, and he explained that it was a simple process and the city had to sit tight and there was nothing they could do to prevent the petition. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

sit tight

Close letter words and terms

sit there like a lemon sit this one out sit through sit under sit up sit up and take notice