English · Idiom Candidate

sit tight

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Wait patiently and do nothing

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

chờ đợi kiên nhẫn và không hành động

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: remain seated firmly

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

Whether they'll sit tight or run.

We'll sit tight and wait for the storm to blow itself out.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “sit tight” mean?

Wait patiently and do nothing Literally: remain seated firmly

Is “sit tight” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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