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sat off

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

Meaning of sit off

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To give less than full effort; to let off on energy or pressure.
    • I thought we sat off them in the second half of the game.

Questions about sat off

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

Words near sat off in the dictionary

  1. sat in on
  2. sat loose
  3. sat loosely
  4. sat nav
  5. sat navs
  6. sat off
  7. sat on
  8. sat on death's doorstep
  9. sat on it
  10. sat on one's arse
  11. sat on one's ass

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