Thesaurus / sit tight
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It is simply a case of throwing the reins on nature's neck—up anchor—and sit tight!
So as I had lost the chance I thought that I would just sit tight, hoping that they would not see me.
THE MAHATMA AND THE HAREH. RIDER HAGGARD
Lieutenant Baldwin's voice sounded strange and far, far away when he called to me, "Sit tight in your saddle and do not jump!"
ARMY LETTERS FROM AN OFFICER'S WIFE, 1871-1888FRANCES M.A. ROE
"Try, but I'll warrant the rogues will sit tight," replied the third man, evidently a corporal of horse.
THE YOUNG CAVALIERPERCY F. WESTERMAN
If I was out there Id make a bee line for the target and sit tight till it was all over.
"THAT'S ME ALL OVER, MABLE"EDWARD STREETER
He'll tell you you ain't any longer a father of his, or a grandfather, either, but sit tight!
THE WRONG TWINHARRY LEON WILSON
Mrs. Harris puts it in this way, “If you had said, ‘Sit tight,’ why should I have jumped off?”
THREE MEN ON THE BUMMELJEROME K. JEROME
But they promised to sit tight, each and all, and bring him to time the sooner.
THE WRONG TWINHARRY LEON WILSON
Naturally, it is a distinct advantage to get one's own defensive system in first and then sit tight and listen for enemy work.
FIGHTING THE BOCHE UNDERGROUNDHARRY DAVIS TROUNCE
Talk about your luck being in, why all you've got to do is to sit tight and keep your mouth shut, and you're safe as a church.
THE ADVENTURES OF JIMMIE DALEFRANK L. PACKARD
WORDS RELATED TO SIT TIGHT
- abide
- be left
- bide
- bivouac
- bunk
- cling
- continue
- delay
- dwell
- endure
- freeze
- go on
- halt
- hang
- hang out
- hold over
- hold the fort
- hover
- inhabit
- keep on
- last
- linger
- live
- lodge
- make camp
- nest
- outlast
- outlive
- pause
- perch
- persist
- prevail
- put on hold
- remain standing
- reside
- rest
- roost
- sit out
- sit through
- sit tight
- sojourn
- squat
- stand
- stay behind
- stay in
- stay over
- stay put
- stick around
- stop
- survive
- tarry
- visit
- wait
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.