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Similar words: hit back · set back · bite back · cut back · die back · get back · lie back · pin back · put back · setback
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sit back

(v + adv) INTRANSITIVEsuigh siar PhrV  c m uhe sat back and did nothing shuigh sé siar gan rud ar bith a dhéanamh → see sit

Phrases and Examples in other entries

  • back »
    she was sitting in the back seat bhí sí ina suí sa suíochán cúil
  • back-to-back »
    they sat back-to-back shuigh siad droim le droim
  • round- »
    he sat in a great round-backed chair shuigh sé i gcathaoir mhór chruinndroma
  • spectacle »
    sit back and enjoy the spectacle suígí siar agus bainigí taitneamh as an seó
  • straight »
    he should sit with a straight back ba cheart dó suí agus a dhroim díreach aige
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