sit back

[sit back] {v.}

1. To be built a distance away; stand away (as from a street).

* /Our house sits back from the road./

2. To relax; rest, often while others are working; take time out.

* /Sit back for a minute and think about what you have done./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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