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sit back

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sit back
to push oneself back in one's seat; to lean against the back of one's seat. Please sit back. I can't see around you. I sat back and made myself comfortable, assuming that the movie would bore me to sleep.
See also: back, sit

sit back
to stop being active We haven't had many opportunities to sit back and talk to each other. We're not so good that we can afford to just tell people we're the greatest and then sit back.
See also: back, sit


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Sometimes Wharton would sit back with a laugh and say:
But why did you sit back there, Agnes,' she added, 'and talk so little?
She would have much preferred to sit back with the girls, where she could have laughed and chattered to her heart's content.
 
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