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third-person singular simple present sits back, present participle sitting back, simple past and past participle sat back
To recline while still in a seated position, with one's back on the frame of the seat. quotations examples
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
(idiomatic) To relax, to not exert oneself. quotations examples
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