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sit-downs

sit-downs is the plural of sit-down.

Meaning of sit-down

Noun

sit-down (plural sit-downs)

  1. An act of sitting down, sometimes with other people in some form of social exchange.
    • I need a sit-down and a nice cup of tea.
    1. An interview.
  2. A sit-in, a protest of civil disobedience by people sitting and refusing to move.
    • The sit-downs were especially dangerous to the system because they were not controlled by the regular union leadership.2003 (revised edition), Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States, HarperCollins 2005, p. 401

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Questions about sit-downs

What is sit-downs the plural of?
Sit-downs is the plural of sit-down.

Words near sit-downs in the dictionary

  1. sit-coms
  2. sit-down
  3. sit-down money
  4. sit-downer
  5. sit-downers
  6. sit-downs
  7. sit-in
  8. sit-inner
  9. sit-inners
  10. sit-ins
  11. sit-lie

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