sit on the fence

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To remain neutral, to refuse to take sides in a dispute; often used in a derogatory way about someone who lacks the courage to decide: “The councilman is afraid he'll lose votes if he takes sides on the zoning issue, but he can't sit on the fence forever.”

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Words nearby sit on the fence

sito-, sitology, sitomania, sit on, sit on one's hands, sit on the fence, sitophobia, sitosterol, sitotaxis, sitotoxin, sitotropism

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Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
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France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
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Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
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I watch every episode alone on my couch and I just sit there and laugh, and laugh.
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Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
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Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
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You see, they always butter their chairs so that they won't stick fast when they sit down.
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Being quieted by the Captain with a draught of cold tea, and made to sit down, the examination of the book proceeded.
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Since Henry Hawk could sit in a great elm far up the road and see himp.
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Never again would he sit behind that wheel rejoicing in the insolence of speed.
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