sitting down

idiom

1

: putting oneself into a sitting position

He called just as we were sitting down to eat.

2

: in a sitting position

She made sure everyone was sitting down before she began.

Examples of sitting down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Two minutes into the game, DeMelo — who also plays for the United States women's national soccer team — was seen sitting down slowly as another teammate remained by her side and trainers were called by a referee, Reuters reported. —Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025

That includes watching practices and sitting down with the NFL staff at different times of the year. —Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 5 Sep. 2025

There is nothing worse than sitting down to watch a television show or movie, only to realize there are smudges on your flat-screen TV. —Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025

Experiencing Popular Culture is like sitting down with an anachronistic piece of comedic technology — Weinbach is basically a broken radio perpetually dialing in and out of random transmissions from the recent cultural past. —Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for sitting down

• chinatown
• tumbledown
• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown