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sits up and takes notice

sits up and takes notice is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sit up and take notice.

Meaning of sit up and take notice

Verb

sit up and take notice (third-person singular simple present sits up and takes notice, present participle sitting up and taking notice, simple past sat up and took notice, past participle sat up and taken notice)

  1. To start to pay attention suddenly.
    • But when we streaked through Doncaster at all but a mile-a-minute, with a miraculously clear road, in no more than 37 min. 18 sec. from the York start, I began to sit up and take notice.1949 November and December, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 365

Questions about sits up and takes notice

What is sits up and takes notice the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sits up and takes notice is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sit up and take notice.

Words near sits up and takes notice in the dictionary

  1. sits still
  2. sits through
  3. sits tight
  4. sits under
  5. sits up
  6. sits up and takes notice
  7. sits up with
  8. sits upon
  9. sits vac
  10. sits with
  11. sitski

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