sit on

sit on

vb (intr, preposition)

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

2. informal to suppress

3. informal to check or rebuke

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sit

verb

1. To assume a particular position, as for a portrait:

pose, posture.

2. To cause to take a sitting position.Also used with down:

seat.

phrasal verb
sit on or upon

Informal. To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check:

burke, choke (back), gag, hold back, hold down, hush (up), muffle, quench, repress, smother, squelch, stifle, strangle, suppress, throttle.

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Translations

formar parte deser miembro de

w>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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