Meaning

• 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.

Meaning

• A time-out.

Meaning

• 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.