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"To block, suppress, restrain (something)."
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"(idiomatic, informal) To restrain (a person)."
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"To take no action on (something); to hold (something) in reserve without actually using."
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"(idiomatic) To take no action on (something); to hold (something) in reserve without actually using."
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"To be a member of (something)."
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"To hold an official inquiry regarding (something); to deliberate about (something)."
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"text": "Let me sit on it.",
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"To insert (something) into one's vagina or anus from below."
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"(euphemistic) To insert (something) into one's vagina or anus from below."
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"(idiomatic, informal) To restrain (a person)."
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"text": "I sent the boss my proposal three weeks ago and he's just been sitting on it.",
"type": "example"
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"To take no action on (something); to hold (something) in reserve without actually using."
],
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"(idiomatic) To take no action on (something); to hold (something) in reserve without actually using."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"transitive"
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"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
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"text": "He sits on the appropriations committee.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To be a member of (something)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
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"To hold an official inquiry regarding (something); to deliberate about (something)."
],
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"deliberate"
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"text": "Let me sit on it.",
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"To insert (something) into one's vagina or anus from below."
],
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"vagina",
"vagina"
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[
"anus",
"anus"
]
],
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"(euphemistic) To insert (something) into one's vagina or anus from below."
],
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"euphemistic",
"transitive"
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"English terms with usage examples"
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"text": "The cat sat on the mat.",
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sit, on."
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"tags": [
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"synonyms": [
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"translations": [
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "bloccare"
},
{
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to restrain",
"word": "sospendere"
}
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"word": "sit on"
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