Definition of "sit out"

sit out

verb
third-person singular simple present sits out, present participle sitting out, simple past and past participle sat out
1. (transitive, intransitive) To decline to participate; particularly, to decline to dance.
2. (transitive) To await the cessation of, without taking part.
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  A large proportion of the millhands sat out the strike in their native villages, sometimes hundreds of miles from Bombay; the remainder survived precariously in the city with the help of casual labour and rations of grain […]
  2012 , chapter 13, in Barry Munslow, Henry Finch, editors, Proletarianisation in the Third World (non-fiction), page 283
  He thinks he can sit it out and still take a slice?
  2008 July 14, Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan, The Dark Knight, spoken by Grumpy (Danny Goldring), Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Comics, Legendary Pictures
  England manager Roy Hodgson instantly restored Rooney after a two-match suspension in place of Andy Carroll with orders to make a belated mark on the campaign after sitting out the draw against France and victory against Sweden.
  2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport‎
3. (poker) To be away from the table in the midst of an ongoing game, thus automatically placing one's forced bets and otherwise folding every hand when it is one's time to act.
4. (nautical) To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails.
5. (wrestling) To escape a hold while face down by swinging one's legs around into the sitting position.
noun
plural sit outs
1. Alternative form of sitout
  Quotations
  During seven NAACP-sponsored school “sit outs” or “holidays” in Jacksonville more than 108,000 children had been kept home by their parents to protest segregated schools and other inequities.
  1966, NAACP Annual Report, page 42
  The bottom wrestler shoots both feet out as in the sit out.
  1987, Dale Mood, Frank F. Musker, Judith Rink, Sports and Recreational Activities for Men and Women, page 458
  The sit out is used as a good set up for a roll and occasionally provides a good opportunity to score a reversal with a switch.
  1993, Neil J. Dougherty, Physical Activity and Sport for the Secondary School Student, page 388
  All rooms are built with balcony or private sit outs for relaxing a breakfast or a romantic candlelight dinner.
  2012, Biju Mathew, Kerala Tradition & Fascinating Destinations, page 424
  They decided to take refuge under the sit out in the garden.
  2013, Nikhil Baliga, Swami G's Short Stories, page 19
  This weakening tends to impact state stability in the form of popular environmental movements, threatening “Jal Samadhi” Dharnas (sit outs) and hunger strikes.
  2014, Vandana Asthana, A. C. Shukla, Water Security in India, page 69
2. Alternative form of sit-out
  Quotations
  The parent says, “If you don't start picking up your dirty clothes by the time I count to three, you will need to take a sit out.”
  2010, Jay Morgan, Fingerpainting in Psych Class, page 186
  A SIT OUT is required when there is a half table in the section, such as 8.5, 10.5, or 12.5 tables. There are more N/S Pairs than E/W Pairs or vice versa registered for the game.
  2020, Brian R. Gray, A Newcomer's Guide

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