sit on

verb

sat on; sitting on; sits on

transitive verb

1

: to hold deliberations concerning

2

: repress, squelch

3

: to delay action or decision concerning

4

: to wait or be ready for (a specific pitch) in baseball

Examples of sit on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The residential area, which sits on the outskirts of the city limit, is one turn off a road called Ajo Way that leads to a handful of homes with long driveways. — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

In other words, the same billionaire could sit on multiple sides of the same transaction—controlling an insurance company on one side, while also controlling the businesses receiving financing on the other. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026

Sorry to sit on the fence but both of them… There was little to like about a stale, out-of-sorts Manchester United facing a side with not a single fearsome attacker. — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

The facility sits on the roof of the university’s Health Sciences Center in Stony Brook, New York. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for sit on

• anton
• argon
• axon
• baronne
• baryon
• baton
• boron
• buisson
• bygone
• capon
• cardon
• chiffon