sit out
Example Sentences
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“Our backstage was behind the theater, so we’d sit out there wearing these crazy corseted outfits while the guy next door was smoking brisket.”
From Los Angeles Times
She started 12 of England's 13 matches last year, only sitting out the 38-5 win over Italy in March.
From BBC
She was so tight, they said, that she’d sit out under a tree on a hot day to save the shade on her porch.
From Literature
The injury forced her to sit out the entire season, throwing a serious wrench in USC’s plans for the 2025-26 season.
From Los Angeles Times
The answer to such a looming emergency, however, isn’t to sit out every fight until the big one.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
