take a seat

take a seat

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

take a seat (third-person singular simple present takes a seat, present participle taking a seat, simple past took a seat, past participle taken a seat)

1. To sit down; to become seated, to sit.
   • 2022 September 1, Biden, Joe, “REMARKS BY PRESIDENT BIDEN ON THE CONTINUED BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF THE NATION”, in White House‎, archived from the original on 02 September 2022‎:

     My fellow Americans, please, if you have a seat, take it.

2. (sports) To be benched, to leave the area of play

Synonyms

• pull up a chair
• take a chair
• take a pew
• take one's seat
• take several seats

Translations

sit down

Finnish: istuutua (fi) French: prendre un siège (fr) Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (gasitan) Hungarian: helyet foglal Ido: sideskar (io) Macedonian: седнува (sednuva) Spanish: tomar asiento

See also

• take a back seat