sit out
Watch from sidelines
To sit out is to abstain from participating in something others are doing: I'll sit out this dance, She decided to sit out the election.
You might sit out a game due to injury, or sit out a controversy to avoid taking sides.
To sit something out can also mean to wait through it until it ends: We sat out the storm in the basement.
To deliberately exclude
- refrainAbstain from acting
- declineDecrease or refuse
- passMove beyond or decline
- withdrawRemove or pull away
boycott · nonparticipation · hold back · forgo · miss · step aside · disengage
Cease activity temporarily
- recuperateHeal after illness
- catch breathRest to resume breathing
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- rechargeRestore electrical capacity
recover · breather · timeout · intermission · recess · cool down · step back · take five
Suffer through without yielding
- weatherAtmospheric state outdoors
- outlastPersist longer than another
- surviveContinue to exist
- see throughDiscern despite disguise
Abandoned or forgotten
- uninvitedWithout formal welcome
- unwelcomeNot wanted here
- excludedShut out, denied entry
- snubbedIntentionally disregarded
ignored · rejected · shunned · cold-shouldered · passed by
Taken out of action
- inactiveNot currently functioning
- reservedRestrained in manner
- substituteReplacement for another
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
nonstarter · second-string · warming the bench · on the sidelines · passed over · overlooked · not selected · dropped
skip
To deliberately exclude
withdraw · boycott · nonparticipation · hold back · forgo · miss · step aside · disengage
take a break
Cease activity temporarily
- recuperateHeal after illness
- catch breathRest to resume breathing
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
recharge · recover · breather · timeout · intermission · recess · cool down · step back · take five · relax
endure
Suffer through without yielding
see through · bear · persevere · bide time
left behind
Abandoned or forgotten
snubbed · ignored · rejected · shunned · cold-shouldered · passed by
benched
Taken out of action
- inactiveNot currently functioning
- reservedRestrained in manner
- substituteReplacement for another
backup · nonstarter · second-string · warming the bench · on the sidelines · passed over · overlooked · not selected · dropped · rested
- grapplingsubmission hold, chokehold, wrestling match, arm bar, freestyle wrestling
- poker termsbet, raise, fold, call, check
- abstinencesobriety, celibacy, chastity, teetotalism, fasting
- disciplinemisconduct, violation, timeout, grounded, violations
- refusalsno, decline, no thanks, refuse, nope
- participationjoin in, take part, membership, attendance, voting
sit outparticipate
Take an active role
join in · take part · get involved · engage · partake
sit outsee through
Discern despite disguise
stick with · stay the course · hang in there · persist · endure
sit, settle, seat, out, sitting, seated, unsettled, seating, sits