to sit down
190
1.0
- phrasal verb
- /sɪt daʊn/
:
sentar (a alguien)
- This old guy took me in for a couple hours and just sat me down and kept me safe.
Angie, she sits you down and does all the talking.
- Angie, she sits you down and does all the talking.
- And I, I sat him down the other day.
- You bring Fauci in, you sit him down and you say, Anthony, you are fired.
- And it's like somebody should have sat this kid down to say, hey, hey, Joker boy.
- Then the optician will sit you down and discuss their different lens options.
- And he sat me down, yelled at me, said you can't be up yet.
- So right next to him, he sat me down.
- And he said, OK, sit her down and sat her down.
- He said sat him down on a rock hard zazen pillow.
- This old guy took me in for a couple hours and just sat me down and kept me safe.
Examples
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After the opening remarks, the host will sit down the guests at their tables.
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I'm gonna sit you down at that table over there.
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You must sit down in your seat.
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And also, I need to sit down with your senior officers.
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Please, sit down before you fall down.
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Just sit down over there.
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After the birth of my second child, my husband sat me down to express his concern about my health.
Academic text (2014) -
Then the optician will sit you down and discuss their different lens options.
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Kostas returned to his chair, sat down, and shook his head in despair.
Fiction book (1991) -
"Why don't you come and sit down?" Amy spoke softly as she approached.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
165
1.8
To show people where to sit
47
1.0
To show someone to a seat or place them in one
1
2.3
To give your seat to someone who needs it
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to show someone to a seat or assign a seat to someone' is directly linked to the constituents: 'sit' (to take or place in a seated position) combined with 'down' (to a lower position) yields the idea of placing or taking a seat. This verb + particle composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern and a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE’s meaning.
Etymology
Sit down can also mean placing someone in a seat; imagine guiding a guest to a chair so they sit and go down. That's why it means 'to show someone to a seat' or 'to seat someone'.