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sits loose

sits loose is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sit loose.

Meaning of sit loose

Verb

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

  1. (dated) To be careless or indifferent (to something).
    • […] the man who, sitting loose to the objects of the world, has become altogether a Christian.1848, Thomas Chalmers, Sermons on public occasions, page 286

Questions about sits loose

What is sits loose the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sits loose is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sit loose.

Words near sits loose in the dictionary

  1. sits in
  2. sits in for
  3. sits in judgement
  4. sits in judgment
  5. sits in on
  6. sits loose
  7. sits loosely
  8. sits off
  9. sits on
  10. sits on death's doorstep
  11. sits on it

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