sit out

verb

sat out; sitting out; sits out

transitive verb

: to refrain from participating in
sat out every dance

Examples of sit out in a Sentence

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Green Bay cornerback Jaire Alexander sat out his third straight game with a knee injury and has now missed 30 of the Packers’ last 64 games. Rob Reischel, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024 Forbes missed a significant amount of practice due to an ankle injury sustained during pregame warmups in Week 10 and sat out three games. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024 Right tackle Rob Havenstein is back after sitting out three games because of an ankle injury, but left tackle Alaric Jackson is questionable after not practicing this week because of a foot injury. Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024 More notes Former world No. 1 Justin Rose, who nearly won the Open Championship just four months ago, sat out the PGA Tour fall. Brody Miller, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sit out 

Word History

First Known Use

1659, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sit out was in 1659

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“Sit out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit%20out. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

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