sit down on (someone or something)
sit down on (someone or something)
1. To assume a sitting position on top of someone or something. There were no chairs left, so I had to sit down on the coffee table during the party. The woman said she was feeling dizzy, so I told her to sit down on the curb for a minute.
2. To place or set someone or something down on top of someone or something else. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "sit" and "down." The father set the child down on chair in the corner of the room for a time-out. The coach came over and sat a big sandbag down on me to make it harder to do pushups.
See also: down, on, sit
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
sit down on something
to be seated on something. Please sit down on this chair and wait until you are called. I don't want to sit down on this hard bench.
See also: down, on, sit
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- sit down on
- lord over (someone or something)
- benefit of the doubt, to give/have the
- be pushed for space
- be pressed for space
- see (something) through rose-colored glasses
- see through rose-colored glasses
- see (something) through rose-coloured spectacles
- slump down in
- slump down into (something)