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sit-up-and-beg

UK /ˌsɪtʌp(ə)n(d)ˈbɛɡ/US /ˌsɪtˌəpənˈbɛɡ/

adjective 2
noun 1
forms 1

adjective2

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(UK) Of a posture adopted by a person steering a vehicle (such as an aeroplane, car, or motorcycle): sitting up straight, not bent forward or leaning back.
- The pilot is thus in a sit-up-and-beg attitude and so seriously exposed to the elements that, as Wing Commander Wallis admits, a hailstorm would probably mean a forced landing. — 1968
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(UK) Of a bicycle: having handlebars that are rather high and curve backwards, so that the rider sits upright rather than hunching forward; also, of the handlebars of a bicycle: rather high and curving backwards, thus requiring the rider to sit upright.
- The four boys, now safely sitting on the plinth of the War Memorial, turned their attention to the sight of the Vicar who was cycling along the street on his sit-up-and-beg bicycle. — 1999

noun1

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(UK) A bicycle having handlebars that are rather high and curve backwards, so that the rider sits upright rather than hunching forward; a roadster.
- I hadn't even found a proper bike shop – the one I did come across was full of the equivalent of our sit-up-and-begs. — 2001

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sit-up-and-begs

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