sit loose

verb

To be careless or indifferent (to something).

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbsit loose (third-person singular simple present sits loose, present participle sitting loose, simple past and past participle sat loose)

present singular third person sits loose · participle present sitting loose · participle past sat loose · past sat loose · alternative sit loosely

  1. datedTo be careless or indifferent (to something).

    […] the man who, sitting loose to the objects of the world, has become altogether a Christian.

    1848, Thomas Chalmers, Sermons on public occasions, page 286
    1 more example

    […] get used to dealing directly with God and feel that He is the one sure thing, then they get accustomed to sitting loose to all else, and aren't ready to take anything else, finally speaking, on authority — much as they may respect authority.

    1955, James Albert Pike, John W. Pyle, The Church, Politics, and Society: Dialogues on Current Problems, page 130
Cite this entry
APA

sit loose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sit%20loose

MLA

“sit loose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sit%20loose. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sit loose,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sit%20loose.

Source: sit loose on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.