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sit-in
[sit-in]
noun
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises.
Sixty students staged a sit-in outside the dean's office.
an organized passive protest, especially against racial segregation, in which the demonstrators occupy seats prohibited to them, as in restaurants and other public places.
sit-in
noun
a form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators occupy seats in a public place and refuse to move as a protest
another term for sit-down strike
verb
(often foll by for) to deputize (for)
(foll by on) to take part (in) as a visitor or guest
we sat in on Professor Johnson's seminar
to organize or take part in a sit-in
51Թ History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
Attend or take part as a visitor, as in My son's jazz group asked me to sit in tonight . It is often put as sit in on , as in They asked me to sit in on their poker game . [Mid-1800s]
Take part in a sit-in, that is, an organized protest in which seated participants refuse to move. For example, The students threatened to sit in unless the dean was reinstated . [c. 1940]
sit in on . Visit or observe, as in I'm sitting in on his class, but not for credit . [Early 1900s]
sit in for . Substitute for a regular member of a group, as in I'm just sitting in for Harold, who couldn't make it .
Example Sentences
The rally felt like a 1960s-style sit-in with attendees singing along to a gentle rendition of Woody Guthrie's This Land is Your Land.
Activists from Jewish Voice for Peace donned matching shirts reading “not in our name” and flooded the building’s lobby to stage a sit-in.
By 2014, he had become the face of the Umbrella Movement, a mass student protest with the umbrella as a symbol, which sprang up alongside the Occupy Central sit-in.
The restaurant itself was closed to sit-in diners during Trump’s visit.
In response, uncommitted activists engaged in a sit-in outside the convention.
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