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sit up

/sɪt ʌp/

Translations

sit upverb

sat up

Past Simple

sat up

Past Participle

sitting up

Gerund

/sɪt ʌp/

He tends to sit up straight when he's nervous.

Он склонен приосаниться, когда нервничает.

The baby is learning to sit up on her own.

Малышка учится садиться самостоятельно.

Additional translations

Synonyms

elevate oneself

sit straight

get up

straighten up

sit upverb

To move from a lying or reclining position to a sitting position.

After lying on the couch for hours, she decided to sit up and stretch.

To stay awake and not go to bed, often for a specific purpose.

He had to sit up late to finish his project for the deadline.

To assume an alert or attentive posture.

The dog would sit up whenever it heard the sound of the doorbell.