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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 ;
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[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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