sit on the fence

S s

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sit on, awn stressed th ee fens]
- /sɪt ɒn, ɔn stressed ði fɛns/
- /sɪt ɒn ðə fens/

Definition of sit on the fence words

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
beat around the bush — to talk around a subject without getting to the point
beg the question — If you say that something begs a particular question, you mean that it makes people want to ask that question; some people consider that this use is incorrect.
cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
flip-flopping — Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.

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