sit tight

1. 1.

   maintain the same position; wait it out

   “Let's not make a decision--let's sit tight”

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Questions about sit tight

What does sit tight mean?

sit tight means "maintain the same position; wait it out".

Is sit tight a common word?

sit tight 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.