sit on the fence
Example Sentences
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"But I don't want to sit on the fence when it comes to the big games."
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024
“They need to be condemned and there’s no place to sit on the fence here: You’re either condemning it or you’re condoning it.”
From Washington Times • Oct. 30, 2023
"We must no longer sit on the fence," Edelstein tweeted after he and an Israeli opposition lawmaker, Zeev Elkin, met Ukrainian President President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv.
From Reuters • Feb. 21, 2023
Ukraine was “trying to sit on the fence and avoid any sensitive issues with Beijing, and expected the same from China,” he said.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2022
There was nothing to do but sit on the fence.
From Half-Past Seven Stories by Anderson, Robert Gordon
