sit on
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English
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Verb
[edit]sit on (third-person singular simple present sits on, present participle sitting on, simple past and past participle sat on) (transitive)
- (transitive, idiomatic) To block, suppress, restrain (something).
- The chairman sat on the report until the end of the legislative session.
- (idiomatic, informal) To restrain (a person).
- He started to act up, but she sat on him.
- (idiomatic) To take no action on (something); to hold (something) in reserve without actually using.
- I sent the boss my proposal three weeks ago and he's just been sitting on it.
- To be a member of (something).
- He sits on the appropriations committee.
- To hold an official inquiry regarding (something); to deliberate about (something).
- (euphemistic) To insert (something) into one's vagina or anus from below.
- Let me sit on it.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sit, on.
- The cat sat on the mat.
Translations
[edit]to restrain
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