sit tight

Example Sentences

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The best move could be to sit tight and gather data.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Kavukcuoglu agreed to sit tight for the moment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

"Originally we thought 'Well, that seems expensive, let's sit tight for five minutes and see what happens'," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

The message to her is that if there isn’t anything good out there to buy, investors should just sit tight and be patient— such as bide time in T-bills.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 19, 2025

“You guys just sit tight for a minute,” the cop said, and he went around to his door, reached in for the radio and held it up to his mouth.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña