1. (sport) not participate in (an activity, such as a dance or a sports event)
   "He sat out the game"
    
2. Endure to the end
   "The team sat out the long losing streak"

Derived forms: sits out, sitting out, sat out

See also: sit

Type of: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, forbear, put up, refrain, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate

Encyclopedia: Sit out