Meanings
present singular third person sits back · participle present sitting back · participle past sat back · past sat back
- To recline while still in a seated position, with one's back on the frame of the seat.
She sat back on her haunches.
2 more examples
Please just sit back and watch the show.
The line along the Northumbrian coast to Berwick and into Scotland is stunning (even on a Voyager!), and the weather is perfect - just sit back, relax, and enjoy the motion picture that plays beyond the window.
2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian облягам се, почивам
- облягам се (obljagam se)to recline while still in a seated position
- почивам (počivam)to relax, to not exert oneself
French se détendre
- se détendreto relax, to not exert oneself
German sich zurücklehnen, sich zurücklehnen
- sich zurücklehnento recline while still in a seated position
- sich zurücklehnento relax, to not exert oneself
Polish rozsiąść się
- rozsiąść sięto recline while still in a seated position
Russian откинуться, сложить руки
- откинуться (otkinutʹsja)to recline while still in a seated position
- сложить руки (složitʹ ruki)to relax, to not exert oneself
- бездействовать (bezdejstvovatʹ)to relax, to not exert oneself
Spanish relajarse
- relajarseto relax, to not exert oneself
Cite this entry
sit back. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sit%20back
“sit back.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sit%20back. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sit back,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sit%20back.
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