take sitting down
"take-sitting-down" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“take sitting down” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To tolerate, accept, or acquiesce; to take no action.
Corpus desk
Index EN-take-sitting-down · take sitting down · English
take sitting down · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | take sitting down |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “take sitting down” in English
Rare enough to double-check
take sitting down is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To tolerate, accept, or acquiesce; to take no action.".
take sitting down has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is take sitting down, spelled T-A-K-E- -S-I-T-T-I-N-G- -D-O-W-N.
Definition
- 1To tolerate, accept, or acquiesce; to take no action.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how take sitting down appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I hope he doesn't think he can get away with such a thing. I'm not going to take this sitting down.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.