Sit on the fence

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Enoon · Accepted Answer

It's time you made a decision one way or the other. You've been sitting on the fence for far too long.

Elanguest · Answer

You can describe someone as being on the fence when they haven't decided one way or another about a certain subject. <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/5.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/5.gif' alt='Emotion: wink'/>

Mister Micawber · Answer

AnonymousSit on the fence

Use it when you disapprove of someone's failure to take a stance on an argument:

...which was traumatic for the religious Zionist camp- Haredi leaders tended to sit on the fence.... Large groups of Haredim are very pragmatic
...others to nail down overflight rights from nations that preferred to sit on the fence. He saw to the freezing of Iraqi assets and the movement of U.S. warships
...allegiance to one position or the other. " You can't sit on the fence, " such moderates are told, despite their often being able to see farther
...that women needed a specific recommendation; that we could no longer sit on the fence and step back and say just make your own decision; that we had to
...scare you or seduce you with their skill, few of us sit on the fence when it comes to spiders. Naturalist Cathy Johnson tells us why we should give
...However, he acknowledges that another five to ten percent " sit on the fence. They do not feel wholly comfortable about vaccination. " The reason may be
...has changed my life. It made me confront my tendency to sit on the fence on environmental and educational issues. I used to be double-faced in my teaching.
...have short of nuclear power. But let's not continue to sit on the fence and say " let the French do it. "
..." Larry, this is no time for your media to sit on the fence, believe me. If Kennedy can cost me fifty billion

Rozha · Answer

he tried to persuade those still sitting on the fence to vote in his favor.

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