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sit-up
[ sit-uhp ]
noun
- an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting position, and then lies flat again without changing the position of the legs: formerly done with the legs straight but now usually done with the knees bent.
sit up
verb
- to raise (oneself or another) from a recumbent to an upright or alert sitting posture
- intr to remain out of bed and awake, esp until a late hour
- informal.intr to become suddenly interested or alert
devaluation of the dollar made the money market sit up
noun
- a physical exercise in which the body is brought into a sitting position from one lying on the back Alsotrunk curl
Word History and Origins
Origin of sit-up1
Example Sentences
I sat up in recognition when Gov. Walz was being accused of so-called anger and abuse when the opposite was true.
Then she sits up with a shrug, completely unharmed, as though this is how she typically navigates the stairs.
“He was sitting up on the beach. A huge wave came in, rolled him and pulled him into the ocean,” she wrote.
The 27-year-old was confined to bed all day, unable to chew food and no longer able to sit up - she was severely ill with myalgic encephalomyelitis, or ME, and as a consequence severely malnourished.
Before her surgery she spent most of the time on her back, because when she sat up, she struggled for air.
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