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sit back on one's heels

sit back on one's heels verb: to take no action, letting things happen as they will.

Verb

sit back on one's heels (third-person singular simple present sits back on one's heels, present participle sitting back on one's heels, simple past and past participle sat back on one's heels)

  1. To take no action, letting things happen as they will.

Forms of sit back on one's heels

third-person singular presentsits back on one's heels
present participlesitting back on one's heels
past participlesat back on one's heels
pastsat back on one's heels

Questions about sit back on one's heels

What does sit back on one's heels mean?
Sit back on one's heels means to take no action, letting things happen as they will.
What part of speech is sit back on one's heels?
Sit back on one's heels is a verb.
What is the past tense of sit back on one's heels?
The past tense of sit back on one's heels is sat back on one's heels.

Words near sit back on one's heels in the dictionary

  1. sisyrinchiums
  2. sit
  3. sit about
  4. sit around
  5. sit back
  6. sit back on one's heels
  7. sit bone
  8. sit bones
  9. sit by
  10. sit dead-red
  11. sit down

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