āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to sit on
[phrase form: sit]
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āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻŦāϏāĻž, āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āϏā§āĻĨāĻāĻŋāϤ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž
to refrain from addressing a matter or making a decision
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The city council opted to sit on the zoning issue, deferring any decisions until the next meeting.
āĻļāĻšāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώāĻĻ āĻā§āύāĻŋāĻ āĻāϏā§āϝā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§, āĻĒāϰāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻāĻž āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻā§āύ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻŽā§āϞāϤāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻā§āĻĒāύ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻāĻā§ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž
to intentionally keep information, emotions, or a decision, from being expressed or revealed
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the breakup, she decided to sit on her emotions and not let anyone see how much she was hurting
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03
āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ āĻāĻļāĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž
to be part of a committee, board, organization, or similar group and hold a position within that particular entity
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As a seasoned professional, he was invited to sit on the advisory committee for the industry conference.
āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§, āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻļāĻŋāϞā§āĻĒ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§āϞāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻĒāĻĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻŦāϏāϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāϞā§āĻāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to engage in a conversation or meeting to address a specific topic or issue
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The government officials will sit on the issue of environmental sustainability to devise policies for reducing carbon emissions.
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