sit up

(STAY AWAKE) — phrasal verb with sit

/sɪt/ verb

Definition

› to stay awake late, esp. past the time that you usually go to bed: We sat up talking until 2 a.m.

(Definition of sit up (STAY AWAKE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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sit on your hands idiom
sit out something phrasal verb
sit through something phrasal verb
sit tight idiom
sit up and take notice idiom
sit up phrasal verb (STAY AWAKE)
sit up phrasal verb (STRAIGHTEN)
sit verb (BE IN A POSITION)
sit verb (MEET)
sit verb (REST)
sit verb (TAKE CARE)

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