sit down a bit

[nh01]

Is "sit down a bit" idiomatic in English? Thanks.

You look tired. Sit down a bit.

 

[heypresto]

No. We'd say something like 'Sit down for a bit', or 'Sit down for a while'.

 

[Keith Bradford]

I disagree with Heypresto. It seems to be perfectly colloquial, and almost as common as 'Sit down for a bit'. The variant using 'while' is however the most used.

Source: Google Ngram Viewer

 

[Chasint]

Google Ngram shows that "Sit down for a while" is roughly 12 times more used than "sit down a bit".

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