Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A work stoppage in which the workers refuse to leave their place of employment until their demands are considered or met.
- noun An obstruction of normal activity by the act of a large group sitting down in public to express a grievance or protest.
- noun Informal An act, instance, or period of sitting.
- noun Informal A meal for people seated at a table.
- adjective Performed or accomplished while sitting down.
- adjective Intended for people seated at a table.
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- adjective Intended to be done while sitting.
- noun An act of sitting down, especially with other people in some form of social exchange.
- noun A
sit-in , a protest ofcivil disobedience by people sitting and refusing to move.
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- noun a strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached
Etymologies
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Examples
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McClure calls his sit-down experience at El Comedor a week earlier like winning the lottery.
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Annoyed by the abuse, especially as his father was born in England and played for Bolton Wanderers youth team, Hargreaves called a sit-down with certain reporters at the Lowry Hotel, Salford in 2002, during which he calmly listed all his achievements, including a winner's medal in the 2001 Champions League final.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Tomlin called the sit-down "good" while the normally tight-lipped Colbert was decidedly open when talking about the nature of the discussion.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed WILL GRAVES 2011
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McClure calls his sit-down experience at El Comedor a week earlier "like winning the lottery."
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Tomlin called the sit-down "good," while Colbert was decidedly open when talking about the nature of the discussion, saying: "Obviously he's interested.
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Tomlin called the sit-down "good," while Colbert was decidedly open when talking about the nature of the discussion, saying: "Obviously he's interested.
chron.com Chronicle 2011
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The 43-day sit-down strike of December 30, 1936 to February 11, 1937 took place only a mile from where I grew up.
Steve Mariotti: Memories of Flint, Part 1 Steve Mariotti 2011
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The 43-day sit-down strike of December 30, 1936 to February 11, 1937 took place only a mile from where I grew up.
Steve Mariotti: Memories of Flint, Part 1 Steve Mariotti 2011
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My mother was a special education teacher at Flint Northern and taught a year-long course on the sit-down strike of 1936-37.
Steve Mariotti: Memories of Flint, Part 1 Steve Mariotti 2011
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So impressed, in fact, that I would like you to join me in cabin B-14 so we can have a little sit-down before things get more unfriendly than they need to get.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
bilby commented on the word sit-down
*sits*
I am scrupulously well-behaved.
March 24, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word sit-down
As this is a kind of strike, what are you striking for?
March 24, 2009
nuxiy commented on the word sit-down
When there is a problem between gangsters in Sopranos, they have a "sit-down" to try and solve the problem.
... Instead of just killing eachother.
March 24, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word sit-down
... so bilby's striking instead of killing us?
March 24, 2009
dontcry commented on the word sit-down
...so he's not going to finish us off, just strike us a bit?
March 25, 2009
bilby commented on the word sit-down
I'm striking for the rights of celery.
March 25, 2009
pterodactyl commented on the word sit-down
I find bilby quite striking indeed. It's those ears!
(See shaken baby syndrome, of all places.)
March 25, 2009