the world > space > relative position > posture > action of placing or holding body in relaxed posture > place or hold body in relaxed posture [verb (intransitive)] > from standing (3)
to lop down, to sit down, to lie down. U.S. colloquial.
to take the weight off (one's feet): to sit down and rest. Cf. to take a load off (one's feet) at load, n. 3h. colloquial.
Colloquial phrase to take a load off (one's feet): to sit or lie down; to relax.