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Phrase(s): sit still for something
1. Lit. to remain seated without fidgeting during something. • The child could hardly be expected to sit still for the opera. • Timmy would not sit still for his haircut. 2. Fig. to remain idle rather than act to prevent something; to endure or tolerate something. • I won’t sit still for that kind of treatment. • She would not sit still for an insult like that.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs