Synonyms for sit tight
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : sit |
| Phonetic Transcription : sɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for sit tight
Définition of sit tight
Origin :- mid-15c., "dense, close, compact," from Middle English thight, from Old Norse þettr "watertight, close in texture, solid," from Proto-Germanic *thenkhtuz (cf. second element in Old English meteþiht "stout from eating;" Middle High German dihte "dense, thick," German dicht "dense, tight," Old High German gidigan, German gediegen "genuine, solid, worthy"), from PIE root *tenk- "to become firm, curdle, thicken" (cf. Irish techt "curdled, coagulated," Lithuanian tankus "close, tight," Persian tang "tight," Sanskrit tanakti "draws together, contracts").
- Sense of "drawn, stretched" is from 1570s; meaning "fitting closely" (as of garments) is from 1779; that of "evenly matched" (of a contest, bargain, etc.) is from 1828, American English; that of "drunk" is from 1830; that of "close, sympathetic" is from 1956. Tight-assed "unwilling to relax" is attested from 1903. Tight-laced is recorded from 1741 in both the literal and figurative senses. Tight-lipped is first attested 1876.
- verb be patient, wait
- By the way, Marshfield, you can sit tight to a horse, I trust?
- Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various
- Mrs. Harris puts it in this way, “If you had said, ‘Sit tight,’ why should I have jumped off?”
- Extract from : « Three Men on the Bummel » by Jerome K. Jerome
- Why she should have thought he said “Jump off,” when he said “Sit tight,” neither of them can explain.
- Extract from : « Three Men on the Bummel » by Jerome K. Jerome
- I daresay my best plan will be to sit tight, and let her work herself up a bit.
- Extract from : « The Man » by Bram Stoker
- She sit tight as wax, because she think they haunt her if she don't and I too by and by when I dead.
- Extract from : « The Yellow God » by H. Rider Haggard
- "You sit tight an' mind yore own affairs, stranger," he warned.
- Extract from : « Bar-20 Days » by Clarence E. Mulford
- "We've just to sit tight and keep our mouths shut, Trendall," he said.
- Extract from : « King of Ranleigh » by F. S. (Frederick Sadlier) Brereton
- Sit tight and Ill have you there in a jiffy, and then we will take the long road back.
- Extract from : « Mason of Bar X Ranch » by Henry Bennett
- Yes, just sit tight and dont jump and youll be all right, he declared.
- Extract from : « The Radio Detectives in the Jungle » by A. Hyatt Verrill
- Accordingly, he told Bumpus to “sit tight” and watch their luggage.
- Extract from : « The Boy Scouts Afoot in France » by Herbert Carter
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