Thesaurus / sit on the fence
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synonyms for sit on the fence
- cavil
- dodge
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- falsify
- fence
- fib
- flip-flop
- fudge
- hedge
- jive
- lie
- palter
- parry
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- quibble
- shuck
- shuffle
- sidestep
- stonewall
- tergiversate
- waffle
- beat around the bush
- beg the question
- blow hot and cold
- cloud the issue
- cop a plea
- cop out
- cover up
- double-talk
- give the runaround
- hem and haw
- mince words
- pass the buck
- run around
- tell white lie
- tergiverse
- weasel
- fudge
- sidestep
- waffle
- duck
- equivocate
- evade
- flip-flop
- jive
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- quibble
- shuck
- shuffle
- stall
- stonewall
- temporize
- tergiversate
- beat around the bush
- be noncommittal
- blow hot and cold
- cop a plea
- cop out
- give the runaround
- hem and haw
- pass the buck
- run around
- shilly-shally
- tergiverse
- avoid
- creep
- dodge
- equivocate
- evade
- glide
- hedge
- lurk
- prevaricate
- prowl
- shuffle
- sidestep
- skirt
- skulk
- slide
- slink
- slip
- sneak
- steal
- tergiversate
- tiptoe
- beat around the bush
- be noncommittal
- duck the issues
- hem and haw
- play it close to the vest
- tergiverse
- tread warily
- watch one's step
- weasel
antonyms for sit on the fence
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How to use sit on the fence in a sentence
Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSYou see, they always butter their chairs so that they won't stick fast when they sit down.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLBeing quieted by the Captain with a draught of cold tea, and made to sit down, the examination of the book proceeded.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNESince Henry Hawk could sit in a great elm far up the road and see himp.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYNever again would he sit behind that wheel rejoicing in the insolence of speed.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEThe hut was barely high enough to let him sit up, and long enough to let him lie down—not to stretch out.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEThey had been permitted to sit up till after the ice-cream, which naturally marked the limit of human indulgence.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINI saw every crook in the fence, every rut in the road, every bush and tree long before we came to it.
THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYDShe sometimes liked to sit in the room of mornings when Madame Ratignolle played or practiced.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINAnother fence: who would furnish that two hundred and fifty dollars and secure him for the remainder?
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXWORDS RELATED TO SIT ON THE FENCE
- abjure
- abnegate
- avoid
- cease
- constrain
- curb
- decline
- deny oneself
- do without
- eschew
- evade
- fast
- fence-sit
- forbear
- forgo
- give the go by
- give up
- go on the wagon
- keep from
- pass
- pass up
- quit
- refrain
- refuse
- renounce
- shun
- sit on one's hands
- sit on the fence
- sit out
- spurn
- starve
- stop
- take the cure
- take the pledge
- withhold
- beat around the bush
- beg the question
- blow hot and cold
- cavil
- cloud the issue
- cop a plea
- cop out
- cover up
- dodge
- double-talk
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- falsify
- fence
- fib
- flip-flop
- fudge
- give the runaround
- hedge
- hem and haw
- jive
- lie
- mince words
- palter
- parry
- pass the buck
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- quibble
- run around
- shuck
- shuffle
- sidestep
- sit on the fence
- stonewall
- tell white lie
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- waffle
- weasel
- be noncommittal
- beat around the bush
- blow hot and cold
- cop a plea
- cop out
- duck
- equivocate
- evade
- flip-flop
- fudge
- give the runaround
- hem and haw
- jive
- pass the buck
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- quibble
- run around
- shilly-shally
- shuck
- shuffle
- sidestep
- sit on the fence
- stall
- stonewall
- temporize
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- waffle
- avoid
- be noncommittal
- beat around the bush
- creep
- dodge
- duck the issues
- equivocate
- evade
- glide
- hedge
- hem and haw
- lurk
- play it close to the vest
- prevaricate
- prowl
- shuffle
- sidestep
- sit on the fence
- skirt
- skulk
- slide
- slink
- slip
- sneak
- steal
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- tiptoe
- tread warily
- watch one's step
- weasel
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.