sitting down
idiom
1
: putting oneself into a sitting position
He called just as we were sitting down to eat.
2
: in a sitting position
She made sure everyone was sitting down before she began.
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So, maybe there’s something to coax people into sitting down for 20 minutes at a time and listening to sort of a complete program.
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Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
But then, one of the delights of being human is sitting down, turning off your phone, and for once not multitasking, instead giving yourself fully to the vision before you on the screen.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 May 2025
Of that time, 5 hours and 16 minutes are spent on phones, a 14% increase from the year prior, with health concerns ranging from high blood pressure to obesity to eye strain: the culprit being sitting down indulging in too much screen time.
—Alex Backus, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
Celebrity Names Usually an uneventful process, jury selection made headlines within the first few minutes of the first juror sitting down.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2025
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Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
But then, one of the delights of being human is sitting down, turning off your phone, and for once not multitasking, instead giving yourself fully to the vision before you on the screen.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 May 2025
Of that time, 5 hours and 16 minutes are spent on phones, a 14% increase from the year prior, with health concerns ranging from high blood pressure to obesity to eye strain: the culprit being sitting down indulging in too much screen time.
—Alex Backus, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
Celebrity Names Usually an uneventful process, jury selection made headlines within the first few minutes of the first juror sitting down.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for sitting down
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“Sitting down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sitting%20down. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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