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Kristii Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
What does 'sit on' mean in this sentence?
Could the Republicans be sitting on another explosive revelations about Clinton's private life?
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Kristii Could the Republicans be sitting on another explosive revelation about Clinton's private life? sit on (Informal) to suppress; silence: They sat on the bad news as long as they could. '
- Kristii Could the Republicans be sitting on another explosive revelation about Clinton's private life?
- sit on (Informal) to suppress; silence: They sat on the bad news as long as they could.
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KristiiCould the Republicans be sitting on another explosive revelation about Clinton's private life?
sit on (Informal) to suppress; silence:
They sat on the bad news as long as they could.
Here it means 'suppress for the time being, perhaps with the intention of revealing it later at an opportune
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