sit up betydelse and definition

Betydelse av sit up på svenska

• 0 to sit with a straight back:

  • How many times do I have to tell you to sit up straight?

• 1 to stay awake and not go to bed although it is late:

  • [ + -ing verb ] The book was so interesting that I sat up all night reading it.

  • I'll be late tonight, so don't sit up for (= wait for) me.

• 2 to show interest or surprise:

  • The news that he was getting married really made her sit up.

• 3 a type of exercise in which someone sits up from a lying position, designed to make the abdominal muscles stronger

• 4 to straighten your body or move into a sitting position:

  • She was finally strong enough to sit up in bed.

• 5 to stay awake late, esp. past the time that you usually go to bed:

  • We sat up talking until 2 a.m.

• 6 an exercise that strengthens your stomach muscles, in which you lie down and lift yourself into a sitting position without using your arms