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sat loose

sat loose is the simple past and past participle of sit loose.

Meaning of sit loose

Verb

sit loose (third-person singular simple present sits loose, present participle sitting loose, simple past and past participle sat loose)

  1. (dated) To be careless or indifferent (to something).
    • […] the man who, sitting loose to the objects of the world, has become altogether a Christian.1848, Thomas Chalmers, Sermons on public occasions, page 286

Questions about sat loose

What is sat loose the simple past and past participle of?
Sat loose is the simple past and past participle of sit loose.

Words near sat loose in the dictionary

  1. sat in
  2. sat in for
  3. sat in judgement
  4. sat in judgment
  5. sat in on
  6. sat loose
  7. sat loosely
  8. sat nav
  9. sat navs
  10. sat off
  11. sat on

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