The phrase "a sit down discussion" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a meeting or conversation where participants gather to talk about a specific topic in a more formal or serious manner.
Example: "We need to have a sit down discussion about the project's progress and any challenges we are facing."
Alternatives: "a face-to-face discussion" or "a formal discussion".
If we're writing a song, and someone plays something that just isn't connecting, you can kind of sense it without having to have a sit down discussion with them about it.
To kick off its South Park exhibit, The Paley Center hosted a sit down discussion between Parker, Stone, and the man who gave them their home at Comedy Central, Doug Herzog, President of Viacom Music & Entertainment Group.
In a sit down, let's-get-your-rocks-off discussion with iconic keyboardist Chuck Leavell, who is most known as the guy who tickles the ivories for The Stones, I also learned he has worked with the likes of John Mayer and has a certain attraction to the bygone sounds of 1930s, '40s and '50s blues.
During a sit-down discussion between Pope Francis and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday, the pope interjected when the prime minister mentioned the language of Jesus.
"It was definitely tense after the race but we had a good sit down, a good discussion," he said.
"If you make a written offer in the high $50's, we will agree to sit down for discussions," William Swindells, Willamette's chairman, said in a letter to Steven R. Rogel, the Weyerhaeuser chairman and chief.
But he suggests that it is important to think about it for more than a few minutes — to sit down and have a lengthy discussion with family members to come up with an effective plan.
"I don't think it's a good idea to set any expectations, other than we expect to sit down and have discussions that should guarantee football for our players," Smith said.
(Though he did sit down for an hourlong discussion televised on CSPAN a few weeks after his heart transplant).
"When the season is over, Troy and I will sit down for a long discussion about his health and what makes sense for his future," Steinberg said.
Their meeting, on a chilly February afternoon in New York, was an experiment to see what might happen when two seemingly dissimilar public figures sit down for a frank discussion about the state of the union.
