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    [Noun]  | "fence-sit*ting" | \ ˈfen(t)s-ˌsi-tiŋ \


    1: a state of indecision or neutrality with respect to conflicting positions


    Origin: 1904 ;

    [Noun]  | "fence-sitting" 


    1: a state or an instance of temporary inaction because of uncertainty about the right course of action;


      * e.g., " ... in Congress there was a lot of fence-sitting, with many representatives waiting to see which way the political wind was blowing "



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     [ "fence sitting" ]

    1: Fence sitting, sitting on the fence, sitting on a fence, are all terms for someone who refuses to make a decision. Usually it describes someone who will not take a stand on two very defined and clearly opposing options/opinions. This can be both good and bad.

      * e.g.,  ... Clair was angry that Mandy occasionally used drugs; Mandy thought drug use should be legal. Angela was neither for nor against it, and sat on the fence about it, instead trying to calm her friends down. 

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