English-French translations for sit down

• asseoir
  - Monsieur Kilroy-Silk, veuillez vous taire et vous asseoir. Mr Kilroy-Silk, please be quiet and sit down.
  Madame Ronzulli, veuillez vous asseoir et vous taire. Ms Ronzulli, sit down and stop talking please.
  - Mesdames et Messieurs, je vous prie de vous asseoir et de ranger ces calicots. Ladies and gentlemen, please sit down and take down those placards.
• assoir
• s'asseoir
  Les deux parties doivent comprendre que la seule solution consiste à s'asseoir à la table des négociations. Both sides have to realise that the only solution is to sit down and talk.
• s'assoir
• s’asseoir
  Il n’a plus la moindre excuse de refuser de s’asseoir … No possible excuse now exists for them not to sit down ...
• s’assoir

Definition of sit down

• To assume a sitting position from a standing position
• To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to
• To meet formally at a conference table
• To assume a low or sunken position

Examples

• Sit down! We have work to do.
• The ball scooted off the fairway and sat down in the thick rough.
• As we all climbed aboard, the little boat sat down low in the water.

Related words

• sit down at the table
• please sit down
• lying-down position
• sit-down