Come in and take a load off your feet.

Come in and take a load off your feet.
Come in and sit a spell. & Come in and set a spell. & Come in and sit down. & Come in and take a load off your feet.
Rur. Please come in and have a seat and a visit. (The variant with

set

informal or folksy.) •

“Hi, Fred,” smiled Tom, “Come in and sit a spell.”

Tom: I hope I'm not intruding. Bill: Not at all. Come in and set a spell.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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