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sit on it

sit on it verb: shove it up your ass (up yours) or back off.

Verb

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

  1. (slang) shove it up your ass (up yours) or back off.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sit on, sit, on, it.
    • Regarding the proposal, the boss said to sit on it and I tend to agree: it is too soon to begin.

Forms of sit on it

third-person singular presentsits on it
present participlesitting on it
past participlesat on it
pastsat on it

Questions about sit on it

What does sit on it mean?
Sit on it means shove it up your ass (up yours) or back off.
What part of speech is sit on it?
Sit on it is a verb.
What is the past tense of sit on it?
The past tense of sit on it is sat on it.

Words near sit on it in the dictionary

  1. sit loosely
  2. sit off
  3. sit on
  4. sit on a tack
  5. sit on death's doorstep
  6. sit on it
  7. sit on one's arse
  8. sit on one's ass
  9. sit on one's hands
  10. sit on one's laurels
  11. sit on someone's wheel

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