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sit up with

sit up with verb: to stay awake past one's usual time in order to care for or provide company to (someone).

Verb

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

  1. To stay awake past one's usual time in order to care for or provide company to (someone).
  2. To remain with (someone) through the night, especially with an ill or troubled person.
  3. To remain with (a recently deceased person) all night, ostensibly to keep animals from the corpse.

Forms of sit up with

third-person singular presentsits up with
present participlesitting up with
past participlesat up with
pastsat up with

Questions about sit up with

What does sit up with mean?
Sit up with means to stay awake past one's usual time in order to care for or provide company to (someone).
What part of speech is sit up with?
Sit up with is a verb.
What is the past tense of sit up with?
The past tense of sit up with is sat up with.

Words near sit up with in the dictionary

  1. sit through
  2. sit tight
  3. sit under
  4. sit up
  5. sit up and take notice
  6. sit up with
  7. sit upon
  8. sit upons
  9. sit ups
  10. sit well
  11. sit with

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