sit well/comfortably etc.

sit well/comfortably etc.
sit well/comfortably (etc.)
◇ If something does not sit well/comfortably (etc.) with you, you do not like it.

The decision didn't sit well with him.

That attitude doesn't sit comfortably with me.

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Main Entry:sit

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