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Antonyms for sit on the fence
Grammar : Verb |
Definition of sit on the fence
- As in abstain : verb hold back from doing
- As in pussyfoot : verb be cautious
- As in equivocate : verb avoid an issue
- As in hedge : verb avoid, dodge
Synonyms for sit on the fence
- abjure
- abnegate
- avoid
- be noncommittal
- beat around the bush
- beg the question
- blow hot and cold
- cavil
- cease
- cloud the issue
- con
- constrain
- cop a plea
- cop out
- cover up
- creep
- curb
- decline
- deny oneself
- do without
- dodge
- double-talk
- duck
- duck the issues
- elude
- equivocate
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- falsify
- fast
- fence
- fence-sit
- fib
- flip-flop
- forbear
- forgo
- fudge
- give run around
- give the go by
- give the run around
- give up
- glide
- go on the wagon
- hedge
- hem and haw
- jive
- keep from
- lie
- lurk
- mince words
- palter
- parry
- pass
- pass the buck
- pass up
- play it close to the vest
- prevaricate
- prowl
- pussyfoot
- quibble
- quit
- refrain
- refuse
- renounce
- run around
- shilly-shally
- shuck
- shuffle
- shun
- sidestep
- sit on one's hands
- sit on the fence
- sit out
- skirt
- skulk
- slide
- slink
- slip
- sneak
- spurn
- stall
- starve
- steal
- stonewall
- stop
- take the cure
- take the pledge
- tell white lie
- temporize
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- tiptoe
- tread warily
- waffle
- watch one's step
- weasel
- withhold
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