take a seat
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Verb
[edit]take a seat (third-person singular simple present takes a seat, present participle taking a seat, simple past took a seat, past participle taken a seat)
- To sit down; to become seated, to sit.
- 2022 September 1, Joe Biden, “REMARKS BY PRESIDENT BIDEN ON THE CONTINUED BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF THE NATION”, in White House[1], archived from the original on 02 September 2022[2]:
- My fellow Americans, please, if you have a seat, take it.
- (sports) To be benched, to leave the area of play
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[edit]sit down
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