sit-down

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Etymology

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Deverbal from sit down.

Adjective

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sit-down (not comparable)

  1. Intended to be done, used, consumed etc. while sitting.
    It's nice to have a proper sit-down meal, rather than just a sandwich on the go.

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sit-down (plural sit-downs)

  1. An act of sitting down, sometimes with other people in some form of social exchange.
    I need a sit-down and a nice cup of tea.
    Let's have a sit-down and talk about this properly.
  2. A sit-in, a protest of civil disobedience by people sitting and refusing to move.
    • 2003 (revised edition), Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States, HarperCollins 2005, p. 401:
      The sit-downs were especially dangerous to the system because they were not controlled by the regular union leadership.
    • 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 108:
      I helped organize a sit-down outside an Oxford hairdressers' shop that refused black female customers.

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