sit down

Meaning

1. Oxford80% of films

   to move from a standing position to a sitting position

In the movies · 312

• Sit down, doctor, before you make me nervous.Guess Who's Coming to Dinner1967
• There's no need for you to stand. Please sit down.A Shot in the Dark1964
• You better sit down, Fred. You're wearing a groove in the floor.The Conversation1974
• Sit down, sit down, sit down.The Wind That Shakes the Barley2006
• Sit down. Sit down, sit down.Lords of Dogtown2005
• Sit down! Sit down.The Great Gatsby2013
• Sit down. Sit down.Child's Play2019
• Sit down, sit down. Come on, sit down.Ghosted2023

Learn it in full scenes

• A Shot in the Dark1964
  • Clouseau Investigates the Pistol Pen
  • Clouseau Interrogates Maria
  • Dreyfus Takes Over the Case
• The Great Gatsby2013
  • Nick Begins His Story
  • Nick Dines with the Buchanans
  • Tom's Secret Apartment Party

From the same entry

• be sitting pretty
• sit at feet
• sit comfortably, easily, well
• sit in judgement
• sit on the fence
• sit tight
• sit bolt upright
• rest on your laurels
• sit silently by
• sit about
• sit back
• sit by

More phrasal verbs

• go on
• get back
• go ahead
• go in
• break in
• get away
• get up
• pull over
• stick to
• make up for
• hold on
• look down on