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sate tight
| Main Entry: |
sit tight
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be patient, wait |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, bide one's time, cool it, fill time, hang around, hang out, hold on, hold the phone, keep your shirt on, lie in wait, lie low, linger, mark time, put on hold, stall, stand by, stay put, stick around |
| Main Entry: | bide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait |
| Synonyms: | abide, attend, await, continue, dwell, hang around, hang in, hang out*, hold the phone, lie in wait, linger, live, remain, reside, sit tight, stay, stick around, sweat it, tarry, watch for |
| Antonyms: | go, hurry, move |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, accept |
| Synonyms: | abide, allow, be big, bear, countenance, go, hang in, hang in there, hear of, live with, put up with, sit tight, stand, stomach, suffer, support, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand |
| Notes: | a stream is smaller than a river, a creek is smaller than a stream but larger than a brook; stream, brook, creek, and rivulet are applied interchangeably to any small river |
| Main Entry: | remain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stay, wait |
| Synonyms: | abide, be left, bide, bivouac, bunk, cling, continue, delay, dwell, endure, freeze, go on, halt, hang, hang out, hold over, hold the fort, hover, inhabit, keep on, last, linger, live, lodge, make camp, nest, outlast, outlive, pause, perch, persist, prevail, put on hold, remain standing, reside, rest, roost, sit out, sit through, sit tight, sojourn, squat, stand, stay behind, stay in, stay over, stay put, stick around, stop, survive, tarry, visit, wait |
| Antonyms: | depart, forge, go, leave, move |
| Main Entry: | stay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait |
| Synonyms: | abide, bide, bunk, continue, dally, delay, endure, establish oneself, halt, hang, hang about, hang around, hang in, hang out, hold the fort, hover, lag, last, linger, loiter, nest, outstay, pause, perch, procrastinate, put down roots, remain, reprieve, reside, respite, roost, settle, sit tight, sojourn, squat, stand, stay out, stay put, stick around, stop, sweat it out, sweat*, tarry |
| Antonyms: | advance, go, leave |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wait |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pause, rest |
| Synonyms: | abide, anticipate, await, bide, bide one's time, cool it, dally, delay, expect, fill time, foresee, hang around, hang onto your hat, hang out, hang*, hold back, hold everything, hold on, hold the phone, hole up, keep shirt on, lie in wait, lie low, linger, look for, look forward to, mark time, put on hold, remain, save it, sit tight, sit up for, stall, stand by, stay, stay up for, stick around, sweat it, tarry, watch |
| Antonyms: | carry out, do, forge, forward, go, go ahead |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hole up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take refuge |
| Synonyms: | burrow, go underground, hide, sit tight |
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