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sit tight

VERB
be patient, wait
Synonyms
STRONGEST
stick around
WEAK
anticipate bide one's time cool it fill time hang around hang out hold on hold the phone keep your shirt on lie in wait lie low linger mark time put on hold stall stand by stay put

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Their commander, Heorhiy, has ordered his troops to sit tight during the 32-hour ceasefire unless they're attacked.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Take your cash out and miss the high returns—or sit tight and risk seeing the value of your investment decline even further?

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Some advisers are telling their clients to sit tight for now, and that there is no need to file lawsuits before their bill is finalized.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

The message to her is that if there isn’t anything good out there to buy, investors should just sit tight and be patient— such as bide time in T-bills.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 19, 2025

Or should they just sit tight and let this terrible thing happen the way terrible things had been happening now ever since the 1848 war, trusting that, like Amarante Cordova, they could somehow, miraculously, survive?

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols