fence-sitternoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfensˌsɪt.ər/us/ˈfensˌsɪt̬.ɚ/disapprovingsomeone who supports both sides in a disagreement because they cannot make a decision or do not want to annoy or offend either side
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Doubt & ambivalence
- ambivalent
- askance
- be in two minds idiom
- blow hot and cold idiom
- chary
- hem and haw idiom
- hum
- hum and haw idiom
- indecision
- indecisive
- insecure
- jury
- shilly-shally
- sit on the fence idiom
- straddle
- tentative
- the jury is (still) out idiom
- unclear
- wobble
- wobbly
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fence-sitting
noun [ U ] ukus