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[ verb ] take a seat
Synonyms Used in print (Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)She smoothed the skirt , sat_down , then stood_up and went_back to the windows . `` Mae , sit_down . (Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)Gun waited for Killpath to sit_down behind the desk near the window . (George Harmon Coxe, Error of Judgement....)Finally he went_into the bedroom and sat_down to take_off his shoes . (Morley Callaghan, A Passion in Rome....)And they sat_down and began their little coffee party . Related terms |
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[ verb ] show to a seat; assign a seat for
Examples : "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith" Used in print (Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)To Voltaire 's surprise , however , their host gives them fresh clothes to put_on , opens his purse to lend them money and sits them down before a good dinner . |
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[ verb ] be seated
Synonyms Used in print (Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)Back at the Factory-to-You with the other old_maids , back there she was the youngest clerk and she was thirty-four , which made her young enough to resent the usual ideal working conditions , like the unventilated toilet with the door you had to hold shut while you sat_down . |
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