# sit out
## English
### Pronunciation

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### Verb

sit out (third-person singular simple present sits out, present participle sitting out, simple past and past participle sat out)
* (transitive, intransitive) To decline to participate; particularly, to decline to dance.
    I don't like this tune, and I'm rather tired, so I think I'll just sit out.
    I don't like this tune, and I'm rather tired, so I think I'll just sit it out.
* (transitive) To await the cessation of, without taking part.
** 2012 [1984], chapter 13, in Barry Munslow, Henry Finch, editors, Proletarianisation in the Third World (non-fiction), page 283:A large proportion of the millhands sat out the strike in their native villages, sometimes hundreds of miles from Bombay; the remainder survived precariously in the city with the help of casual labour and rations of grain […]
** 2008 July 14, Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan, The Dark Knight, spoken by Grumpy (Danny Goldring), Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Comics, Legendary Pictures:He thinks he can sit it out and still take a slice?
** 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport‎:England manager Roy Hodgson instantly restored Rooney after a two-match suspension in place of Andy Carroll with orders to make a belated mark on the campaign after sitting out the draw against France and victory against Sweden.
* (poker) To be away from the table in the midst of an ongoing game, thus automatically placing one's forced bets and otherwise folding every hand when it is one's time to act.
* (nautical) To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails.
* (wrestling) To escape a hold while face down by swinging one's legs around into the sitting position.

#### Synonyms

* (decline to participate): opt out
* (lean to the windward side): hike, lean out

#### Translations
### Noun

sit out (plural sit outs)
* Alternative form of sitout
** 1966, NAACP Annual Report, page 42:During seven NAACP-sponsored school “sit outs” or “holidays” in Jacksonville more than 108,000 children had been kept home by their parents to protest segregated schools and other inequities.
** 1987, Dale Mood, Frank F. Musker, Judith Rink, Sports and Recreational Activities for Men and Women, page 458:The bottom wrestler shoots both feet out as in the sit out.
** 1993, Neil J. Dougherty, Physical Activity and Sport for the Secondary School Student, page 388:The sit out is used as a good set up for a roll and occasionally provides a good opportunity to score a reversal with a switch.
** 2012, Biju Mathew, Kerala Tradition & Fascinating Destinations, page 424:All rooms are built with balcony or private sit outs for relaxing a breakfast or a romantic candlelight dinner.
** 2013, Nikhil Baliga, Swami G's Short Stories, page 19:They decided to take refuge under the sit out in the garden.
** 2014, Vandana Asthana, A. C. Shukla, Water Security in India, page 69:This weakening tends to impact state stability in the form of popular environmental movements, threatening “Jal Samadhi” Dharnas (sit outs) and hunger strikes.
* Alternative form of sit-out
** 2010, Jay Morgan, Fingerpainting in Psych Class, page 186:The parent says, “If you don't start picking up your dirty clothes by the time I count to three, you will need to take a sit out.”
** 2020, Brian R. Gray, A Newcomer's Guide:A SIT OUT is required when there is a half table in the section, such as 8.5, 10.5, or 12.5 tables. There are more N/S Pairs than E/W Pairs or vice versa registered for the game.

### Anagrams

* outsit