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sit-down: a strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached

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sit back collapse: settle into a comfortable sitting position

sit collapse: be seated; be in session; "When does the court of law sit?"; sit around, often unused; "The object sat in the corner"

participate collapse: share in something

hang around collapse

sit up collapse: change to an upright sitting position; "He sat up in bed"

stagnate collapse: cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries"; cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"; stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy"

sit down with collapse

hold your horses collapse

hold everything collapse

stay up collapse: not go to bed; "Don't stay up so late--you have to go to work tomorrow"; "We sat up all night to watch the election"

stick around collapse

jump on collapse

asphyxiate collapse

await collapse

enter into collapse

boycott collapse: a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies; refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with

hibernate collapse: sleep during winter; "Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves"; be in an inactive or dormant state

mark time collapse

make the scene collapse

be still collapse

work stoppage collapse

sit down strike collapse

dillydally collapse

not budge collapse

take time collapse

sit in on collapse

sit down collapse: take a seat

consult collapse: advise professionally; "The professor consults for industry"; seek information from; "You should consult the dictionary"; "refer to your notes"; get or ask advice from; "Consult your local broker"; "They had to consult before arriving at a decision"

chip in collapse

jump up collapse

bide collapse: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

loiter collapse: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

sit tight collapse: maintain the same position; wait it out; "Let's not make a decision--let's sit tight"

colonize collapse: settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); "The British colonized the East Coast"; settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world; "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century"

hold down collapse: restrain; "please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep"; keep; "She manages to hold down two jobs"

lockout collapse: a management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms

crack down on collapse

stultify collapse: cause to appear foolish; "He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent"; prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence; "nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself"

uprear collapse

call in collapse: make a phone call; "call in to a radio station"; "call in sick"; summon to a particular activity or employment; "Experts were called in"; summon to enter; "The nurse called in the next patient"; take a player out of a game in order to exchange for another player

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