SIT-DOWN


Meaning of SIT-DOWN in English

/sit"down'/ , adj.

1. done or accomplished while sitting down: sit-down meetings between the two party leaders.

2. (of a meal or food) served to or intended for persons seated at a table: a sit-down dinner.

n.

3. Informal. a period or instance of sitting, as to relax, talk, or the like: They had a profitable sit-down together.

4. See sit-down strike .

5. a protest demonstration whereby participants refuse to move from a public place.

6. Informal. a meal, esp. a dinner, served to persons who are seated at a table.

[ 1830-40; adj. and n. use of v. phrase sit down ]

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