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sit up

verb

1 sit up

Not go to bed.

synonym: stay up.

Roget 133: be late etc. adj.; tarry, wait, stay, bide, take time; dawdle etc. (be inactive) 683; linger, loiter; ... show more

Roget 686: exert oneself; exert one's energies, tax one's energies; use exertion.    labor, work, toil, moil, sweat, fag, drudge, slave, drag a lengthened chain, ... show more

Dutch: opblijven

2 sit up

Change to an upright sitting position.


Moby thesaurus: abide, arise, await, bide, bide the issue, bristle, cock up, dally, dawdle, delay, dillydally, disentangle, extend, flatten, get up, hang about, hang around, hold everything, hold on, hold your horses ... show more.

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