take a seat

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

take a seat (third-person singular simple present takes a seat, present participle taking a seat, simple past took a seat, past participle taken a seat)

1. (idiomatic) To sit down; to become seated, to sit.
   • 2022 September 1, Joe Biden, “REMARKS BY PRESIDENT BIDEN ON THE CONTINUED BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF THE NATION”, in White House‎^[1], archived from the original on 02 September 2022‎^[2]:

     My fellow Americans, please, if you have a seat, take it.

2. (idiomatic, sports) To be benched, to leave the area of play

Synonyms

• pull up a chair
• take a chair
• take a pew
• take one's seat

Translations

sit down

• Finnish: istuutua (fi)
• French: prendre un siège (fr)
• Hungarian: helyet foglal
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• Ido: sideskar (io)
• Macedonian: седнува (sednuva)
• Spanish: tomar asiento

See also

• take a back seat