sit on

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sit on

vb (intr, preposition)

1. to be a member of (a committee, etc.)

2. Informal to suppress

3. Informal to check or rebuke

Translations

? sit on

vi (= continue sitting) → sitzen bleiben

vi +prep obj

committee, panel, jury → sitzen in (+dat); I was asked to sit on the committee → man bat mich, Mitglied des Ausschusses zu werden

(= not deal with) → sitzen auf (+dat)

(inf: = suppress) idea, invention, product → unterdrücken, nicht hochkommen lassen; person → einen Dämpfer aufsetzen (+dat) (inf); to get sat on (= suppressed) → unterdrückt werden; (= rebuked) → eins draufkriegen (inf)

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