sitting tight
Not budging yet
Sitting tight means staying put and waiting, especially when action seems tempting or when others urge you to move.
It suggests patience and restraint—holding your position rather than acting prematurely: The lawyer advised us to sit tight until we hear back from the court.
The phrase implies deliberate inaction as a strategy.
- waitingRemaining in expectation
- biding timeDelaying action strategically
- remainStay in place
- stay putRemain in place
- stationaryNot in motion
stay · patience · perseverance · still · hanging on · wait and see · unmoving · steadfastness · ride it out · composure · holding pattern · vigilance · fortitude · hold · immobile · endurance · unchanging · anticipation
- waitingwait, await, bide, hold on, hang on
- Idle Phrasesidle hands, twiddling thumbs, killing time, at rest, doing nothing
- staying putwait, staying, linger, waiting, remain
- idlenessdoing nothing, idling, loafing, lounging, lazing
- inactioninaction, passivity, doing nothing, stillness, immobility
sitting tighttaking action
Initiating purposeful effort
acting · intervening · jumping in · taking the plunge · taking matters into one's own hands
sitting tightjumping the gun
Acting before appropriate time
rushing in · flying off the handle · panicking · overreacting · losing one's cool
sitting tightmoving on
Proceeding past something
leaving · relocating · moving · taking off · fleeing
sitter, sitters, sitting, sittings, tight, tights, tighten, tightens, tightened