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take sitting down

take sitting down verb: to tolerate, accept, or acquiesce; to take no action.

Verb

take sitting down (third-person singular simple present takes sitting down, present participle taking sitting down, simple past took sitting down, past participle taken sitting down)

  1. (transitive) To tolerate, accept, or acquiesce; to take no action.
    • I hope he doesn't think he can get away with such a thing. I'm not going to take this sitting down.

Synonyms of take sitting down

Forms of take sitting down

third-person singular presenttakes sitting down
present participletaking sitting down
pasttook sitting down
past participletaken sitting down

Questions about take sitting down

What does take sitting down mean?
Take sitting down means to tolerate, accept, or acquiesce; to take no action.
What part of speech is take sitting down?
Take sitting down is a verb.
What is the past tense of take sitting down?
The past tense of take sitting down is took sitting down.

Words near take sitting down in the dictionary

  1. take sick
  2. take sides
  3. take sign
  4. take signs
  5. take silk
  6. take sitting down
  7. take slave
  8. take soil
  9. take some air
  10. take some beating
  11. take some doing

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