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sitting off

sitting off is the present participle and gerund of sit off.

Meaning of sit off

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To give less than full effort; to let off on energy or pressure.
    • I thought we sat off them in the second half of the game.

Questions about sitting off

What is sitting off the present participle and gerund of?
Sitting off is the present participle and gerund of sit off.

Words near sitting off in the dictionary

  1. sitting in on
  2. sitting loose
  3. sitting loosely
  4. sitting member
  5. sitting members
  6. sitting off
  7. sitting on
  8. sitting on death's doorstep
  9. sitting on it
  10. sitting on one's arse
  11. sitting on one's ass

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