sit out

1. 1.

   not participate in (an activity, such as a dance or a sports event)

   “He sat out the game”

   Broaderrefrain

   sport

2. 2.

   endure to the end

   Broaderdigest

Questions about sit out

What does sit out mean?

sit out means "not participate in (an activity, such as a dance or a sports event)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is sit out a common word?

sit out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.