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sit-in

[ sit-in ]

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noun

any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
Sixty students staged a sit-in outside the dean's office.
an organized passive protest, especially against racial segregation, in which the demonstrators occupy seats prohibited to them, as in restaurants and other public places.
sit-down strike.

sit-in

noun

a form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators occupy seats in a public place and refuse to move as a protest
another term for sit-down strike

verb

often foll by for to deputize (for)
foll by on to take part (in) as a visitor or guest
we sat in on Professor Johnson's seminar
to organize or take part in a sit-in

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sit-in¹

1955–60; noun use of verb phrase sit in (a place); sit ¹, -in ³

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The rally felt like a 1960s-style sit-in with attendees singing along to a gentle rendition of Woody Guthrie's This Land is Your Land.

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Activists from Jewish Voice for Peace donned matching shirts reading “not in our name” and flooded the building’s lobby to stage a sit-in.

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By 2014, he had become the face of the Umbrella Movement, a mass student protest with the umbrella as a symbol, which sprang up alongside the Occupy Central sit-in.

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The restaurant itself was closed to sit-in diners during Trump’s visit.

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In response, uncommitted activists engaged in a sit-in outside the convention.

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Sithole sit-ins

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