Stand
To sit
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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He starts by asking her to sit down, but Buffy has been sitting in the waiting room for hours now and says she'd rather stand up.
Source: Dramatic Sit-Down - You may want to sit down.Graham: (uncomfortable) I... think I'd rather stand... near the door.
Source: Web Video / LoadingReadyRun - Cable (particularly MTV and HBO) provided alternate outlets for the music, stand-up comedy, and miscellaneous acts that were the bread-and-butter of these shows, and viewers no longer had to sit through three acts they weren't interested in for the sake of one that they wanted to see.
Source: Variety Show
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