sit tight
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sit tight (third-person singular simple present sits tight, present participle sitting tight, simple past and past participle sat tight)
- (idiomatic) To wait patiently; to take no action; to remain quiet or relatively motionless.
- I'll be back in a few minutes, so sit tight while I go find her.
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- “sit tight”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.