sit on
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Related to sit on: sit on the fence
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
verb2. To cause to take a sitting position.Also used with down:
seat.
sit on or upon
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Translations
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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