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sit off

sit off verb: to give less than full effort; to let off on energy or pressure. Also the misspelling of set 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.

Also used as

sit off is also the misspelling of set off.

Forms of sit off

third-person singular presentsits off
present participlesitting off
past participlesat off
pastsat off

Questions about sit off

What does sit off mean?
Sit off means to give less than full effort; to let off on energy or pressure.
What part of speech is sit off?
Sit off is a verb.
What is the past tense of sit off?
The past tense of sit off is sat off.

Words near sit off in the dictionary

  1. sit in on
  2. sit in the wheels
  3. sit in with
  4. sit loose
  5. sit loosely
  6. sit off
  7. sit on
  8. sit on a tack
  9. sit on death's doorstep
  10. sit on it
  11. sit on one's arse

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