sit tight

Example Sentences

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Maybe the best thing for you to do is to just sit tight until SpaceX has a trading history.

From Barron's • May 21, 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

“All right. All right. So what? Will ya sit tight and relax, now?” said the gray-haired man.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger