sit tight
Example Sentences
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The best move could be to sit tight and gather data.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
De Zerbi may prefer to bide his time and sit tight as opposed to taking on a salvage operation.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
The message to her is that if there isn’t anything good out there to buy, investors should just sit tight and be patient— such as bide time in T-bills.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 19, 2025
Now, he said he knows to sit tight through market downturns, and the value of his portfolio has grown to five figures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
There was no question now of creeping out unnoticed: she’d have to sit tight and hope.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
