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)
- 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.
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- (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
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See also
- take a back seat