Definition of sit tight

sit tight    

verb

• to stay in one place and wait patiently.

                                                                                   
  
                                                                                 
  
  Citation from "All the Right Friends", Covert Affairs (TV), Season 2 Episode 4 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to wait.

  Last edited on Aug 11 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2011.

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Other terms relating to 'to wait':
hold the phone	Definitions include: "wait a minute"; "hold on"; etc.
hold (one's) horses	Definitions include: to wait patiently.
hold up	Definitions include: to wait.
hold on	Definitions include: to wait.
posted up	Definitions include: to be standing or sitting somewhere.
cool (one's) jets	Definitions include: to calm down or wait.
cool (one's) heels	Definitions include: to wait.
marinate	Definitions include: to sit around waiting for something to happen.
holding pattern	Definitions include: a period of waiting, during which little can be accomplished, until a particular external event occurs.

Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'sit':
have to sit	Definitions include: need to defecate.
sit b*tch	Definitions include: to sit in the middle seat in the front or back of a vehicle ("bitch").
sit-down	Definitions include: a meeting.
sit-in	Definitions include: done in protest of something or someone, where the protestors non-threatening just occupy the space or building in which they are protesting in by sitting on the floor/ground and refusing to move for anything or anyone.
sit on	Definitions include: to surveil.
sit on the fence	Definitions include: bisexual.
sit pretty	Definitions include: to be in a favorable position.
sit shotgun	Definitions include: to sit in the passenger seat of a motor vehicle.
sitter	Definitions include: a person who watches over someone or something - baby-sitter, house-sitter, dog-sitter, etc.
sitting duck	Definitions include: a vulnerable person.
Other terms relating to 'tight':
hang tight	Definitions include: to wait patiently.
pimp tight	Definitions include: cool.
tight	Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool"; "awesome".
tight-*ss	Definitions include: a stingy person.
tight package	Definitions include: nice buttocks.
tight run	Definitions include: Description of a pleasing event, usually used in response to a story which has a positive outcome for the teller.
tight work	Definitions include: means something is hella good.

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