sit back

verb

sat back; sitting back; sits back

1

: to get into a comfortable and relaxed position in a chair, seat, etc.

Sit back and enjoy the ride.

2

: to make no effort to do something

He sat back and watched us do all the work.

How can you just sit back and let him insult you like that?

Examples of sit back in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Pop in and out of galleries and museums—including Site Santa Fe, a contemporary art museum—shop for interiors and fine jewelry, or just sit back with a beer at Second Street Brewery, which has live music almost nightly. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026

And his positioning was just about perfect when England sat back and absorbed Mexico’s pressure to close the match out. — Stuart James, New York Times, 7 July 2026

Definitely need to kind of sit back and think about this weekend. — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026

Or, for the more traditional chalet experience, sit back and relax in front of the floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace in the living room, which is the definition of rustic coziness thanks to its beamed ceilings and warm décor. — Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2026

Rhymes for sit back

• aback
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback
• blackjack
• brownback
• buyback
• callback
• cognac
• comeback
• cutback