sit on the fence
Example Sentences
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“They need to be condemned and there’s no place to sit on the fence here: You’re either condemning it or you’re condoning it.”
From Washington Times • Oct. 30, 2023
"We must no longer sit on the fence," Edelstein tweeted after he and an Israeli opposition lawmaker, Zeev Elkin, met Ukrainian President President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv.
From Reuters • Feb. 21, 2023
“There is no more time to hang back or sit on the fence or argue amongst ourselves. This is a challenge of our collective lifetime.”
From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2021
The match itself may also sit on the fence.
From The Guardian • Jun. 20, 2020
He must have been first cousin to the man who traveled with the circus simply to be able to sit on the fence and hear the band play.
From Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus by Coup, W. C.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
