sit%20out

To decline to participate; particularly, to decline to dance.

“I don't like this tune, and I'm rather tired, so I think I'll just sit it out.”

To await the cessation of, without taking part.

To be away from the table in the midst of an ongoing game, thus automatically placing one's forced bets and otherwise folding every hand when it is one's time to act.

To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails.

To escape a hold while face down by swinging one's legs around into the sitting position.

A time-out.

An outdoor area that is set up for sitting, including a floor and seats, and possibly, but not necessarily having a roof, screens, or elevated platform.

A wrestling move that is often used to escape from a hold in which one straightens one's legs to get into a sitting position where one can use them for leverage.

A protest action in which protesters refuse to go to work or school, or in which they show up but do not work.