Meaning of sit with | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To consider (something) slowly and carefully, to reflect on.
   idiomatic
2. To accept, observe and experience a phenomenon, usually an emotion or feeling.
   informal
3. To be harmonious with (something).
   idiomatic
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sit, with.

Examples

“The first step to managing anger is to acknowledge it. Sit with it. Treat yourself like a child that is a little emotional. It’s OK to feel that emotion – it’s not the emotion that destroys us or makes us, it’s what we do with it.”

“After what felt like 20 instances, Polley recalls, “I kind of snapped” at Logan Airport in Boston. “I just went, ‘If I told you there was a movie called 12 Angry Men, would you go and see it?’ And he was like, ‘Maybe.’ I said, ‘Well, I just want you to sit with that.’[…]””

“[…] the suspected phone thrower, Nicolas Malvagna, allegedly had this to say for himself: “I was trying to see if I could hit her with the phone at the end of the show because it would be funny.” According to the Manhattan district attorney’s office, per the Daily News, this is what Malvagna told a witness who spoke to police. I’m gonna let us all just sit with that for a sec.”

“My therapist said I should sit with these fears and see how it feels to let myself experience them.”

“I'm afraid his personality doesn't sit with the rest of the team.”

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