sit on sth
informal— phrasal verb with sit uk/sɪt/us/sɪt/verb present participle sitting, past tense and past participle sat
(DELAY)
to delay taking action about something:
The company has been sitting on my letter for weeks without dealing with my complaint.
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Delaying and wasting time
- ado
- be on ice idiom
- bugger
- bugger about
- bugger sb about
- carry
- hold
- hold sb over
- hold sb/sth back
- hold sb/sth up
- hold up
- ice
- kick
- push
- retard
- retardation
- set sth/sb back
- shelve
- sit
- spin your wheels idiom
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(KEEP SECRET)
mainly disapproving to prevent people from knowing a piece of information:
The city council will presumably sit on the report until after the election.
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Secrecy and privacy
- anonymity
- anonymize
- anonymous
- backroom
- backstage
- counsel
- dissimulate
- dissimulation
- entre nous
- executive privilege
- furtive
- lid
- lip
- private
- privately
- privileged
- sanctum
- secrecy
- skeleton
- sweep
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