sit on sb
informal— phrasal verb with sit uk/sɪt/us/sɪt/verb present participle sitting, past tense and past participle sat
to force someone to be silent or not to do something:
The boss is going to sit on him to make sure he says nothing.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Limiting and restricting
- box sb in
- chain
- circumscribe
- clamp down on sth
- clampdown
- curb
- curtail
- damage limitation
- debilitate
- delimit
- hamstring
- hedge
- infringe
- localize
- muzzle
- non-proliferation
- qualification
- ration
- rationing
- stabilizer
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