Sit Tight

Definition: Sit Tight

Sit Tight

Verb

1. Maintain the same position; wait it out; "Let's not make a decision--let's sit tight".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Sit tight, hold the fort and keep the home fires burning (Big Trouble in Little China; writing credit: Gary Goldman; David Z. Weinstein)

I'll just sit tight through shadows of the night (Telephone Line; performing artist: ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA)

But you'll just sit tight (Everything You Want; performing artist: Vertical Horizon)

Sit Tight (1931)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Music

• Sit Tight & Listen Keenly (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Arabic 

‏إمتنع عن إتخاذ خطوة. (various references)

Czech

nedat si říct. (various references)

Greek 

κάθομαι καλά. (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"מ� ע מפעול�". (various references)

Hungarian

marad a fenekén. (various references)

Pig Latin

itsay ighttay.(various references)

Spanish

estarse quieto (stand still). (various references)

Turkish

sağlam oturmak, vazgeçmemek (keep at smb., see out, stand out for, stand pat, stick to, stick to it), krizin geçmesini beklemek, kımıldamamak (be at a standstill, hold still, keep still, lie still, not to move, stand still, stay put). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: tights.

-3 letters: sight, tight, titis.

-4 letters: ghis, gist, gits, hist, hits, sigh, sith, this, titi.

-5 letters: ghi, git, his, hit, its, sit, tis.

+2 letters: sticktight.

+3 letters: sticktights, tightfisted.

+4 letters: topstitching.

+5 letters: ultrarightist.