Crossword puzzle clue "sit by take no action"

It doesn't convey ferocious fuel-burning action, action, action! when it's regular-sized

Sit ___ by (take no action)

Grammy nominated singer with the 2015 album "Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit"

Where a cat might sit when you sit down

Take in, take on or take up

Take and take and take from

1983 #1 hit with the lyric "Take, take, take what you need"

Piece of the action, or a shout that stops the action