sit tight
Example Sentences
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"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
Take your cash out and miss the high returns—or sit tight and risk seeing the value of your investment decline even further?
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 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
Now, he said he knows to sit tight through market downturns, and the value of his portfolio has grown to five figures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
Genevieve Selsor, sit tight, you’ll hear from me!
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
