had a seat
Rested on furniture
Had a seat means sat down, typically at someone's invitation or direction.
The phrase appears most often in past tense narratives: She had a seat at the back of the room.
It can also function as a polite command when someone offers seating: He told me to have a seat, so I had a seat and waited.
- chairSingle-person sitting furniture
- front rowNearest tier of seats
- benchShared seating surface
- stoolBackless sitting furniture
- sofaMulti-seat cushioned furniture
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