take a seat

verb

To sit down; to become seated, to sit.

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pull up a chairtake a chairtake a pewtake one's seattake several seats
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Meanings

verbtake 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)

present singular third person takes a seat · participle present taking a seat · past took a seat · participle past taken a seat

  1. To sit down; to become seated, to sit.

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

    2022 September 1, Joe Biden, “REMARKS BY PRESIDENT BIDEN ON THE CONTINUED BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF THE NATION”, in White House, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2022

    Synonyms: pull up a chair, take a chair, take a pew, take one's seat, take several seats

  2. hobbiesTo be benched, to leave the area of play

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo sit down; to become seated, to sit.

Similar
pull up a chairtake a chairtake a pewtake one's seattake several seats
Also see
sitsit downtake one's seat

Translations

Dutch plaatsnemen
  • plaatsnemensit down
Finnish istuutua
  • istuutuasit down
French prendre un siège
  • prendre un siègesit down
Hungarian helyet foglal
  • helyet foglalsit down
Polish zajmować miejsce, zająć miejsce
  • zajmować miejscesit down
  • zająć miejscesit down
  • siadaćsit down
  • usiąśćsit down
Spanish tomar asiento
  • tomar asientosit down
Cite this entry
APA

take a seat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20a%20seat

MLA

“take a seat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20a%20seat. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take a seat,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20a%20seat.

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