sit with

Verb

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

1. (idiomatic) To consider (something) slowly and carefully, to reflect on.
   • The first step to managing anger is to acknowledge it. Sit with it. Treat yourself like a child that is a little emotional. It’s OK to feel that emotion – it’s not the emotion that destroys us or makes us, it’s what we do with it.2019 May 13, Will Coldwell, quoting Mo Gawdat, “Anger is an energy: how to turn fury into a force for good”, in The Guardian
   • After what felt like 20 instances, Polley recalls, “I kind of snapped” at Logan Airport in Boston. “I just went, ‘If I told you there was a movie called 12 Angry Men, would you go and see it?’ And he was like, ‘Maybe.’ I said, ‘Well, I just want you to sit with that.’[…]”2023 February 28, David Canfield, “Frances McDormand and Sarah Polley Just Want to Keep Talking”, in Vanity Fair
2. (informal) To accept, observe and experience a phenomenon, usually an emotion or feeling.
   • My therapist said I should sit with these fears and see how it feels to let myself experience them.
3. (idiomatic) To be harmonious with (something).
   • I'm afraid his personality doesn't sit with the rest of the team.
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sit, with.