Base verb
Phrasal verbs with sit
The verb sit combines with 9 particles to form everyday phrasal verbs. Each particle steers the meaning in its own direction — here they are with clear definitions and examples, so you can see the whole family at once.
9 phrasal verbs · 9 meanings
sit around
1 sense- Sit somewhere doing nothing useful
sit back
1 sense- Stop participating actively
sit by
1 sense- Take a seat close beside someone
sit down
1 sense- Move to a seated position
sit in
1 sense- Attend a meeting as an observer
sit on
1 sense- Delay dealing with something deliberately
sit out
1 sense- Decide not to take part in an activity
sit through
1 sense- Stay until the end of something boring or long
sit up
1 sense- Move to a seated upright position
Practice the sit family in Sink In
Sink In drills every sense of sit with spaced repetition — recognition, particle cloze, and meaning recall — so the whole family sticks instead of blurring together.