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

Or you could lay your cares aside, sit tight, rise to the occasion, and look up the answer.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner