Translations for „sit over“ in the English » German Dictionary

sit over VB intr

1. sit over (spend time):

to sit over a meal

[lange Zeit] über einer Mahlzeit sitzen

2. sit over (monitor):

to sit over sb

auf jdn Acht geben

to sit over sb

jdn beaufsichtigen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to sit over a meal

[lange Zeit] über einer Mahlzeit sitzen

to sit in judgment over sb fig

mit jdm ins Gericht gehen

to sit in judgment on [or over] sb

über jdn zu Gericht sitzen [o. urteilen]

I can sit for hours, drooling over recipes

ich kann stundenlang dasitzen und voller Begeisterung in Rezepten schmökern

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

I go to sit over by breakfast bar and avoid her gazes.

blogs.telegraph.co.uk

Slipcovers shaped like cat ears sit over the motors so that as the device registers emotional states the ears move to relate.

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