sit on

verb

1. to be a member of (a committee, etc)
2. informal.
   to suppress
3. informal.
   to check or rebuke

Idioms and Phrases

Also, sit upon .

Example Sentences

A dog learns to sit on command, a person hears and eventually tunes out the hum of a washing machine while reading … The capacity to learn and adapt is central to evolution and, indeed, survival.

From Science Daily

They both sit on 5-5 though, as do the Los Angeles Rams after Matthew Stafford threw four touchdown passes to help them beat the New England Patriots 28-22.

From BBC

He would put his legs over me, he was 6ft 2, so trying to sit on my lap, it was, yeah.

From BBC

Do you just sit on your wealth and enjoy your life?

From Slate

At a time when the land that racetracks sit on has become so valuable that developers are paying record sums to tear them down and build industrial parks in their place, buying a race that is run on city streets was a smart investment on a number of levels.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• abolish
• censor
• conceal
• contain
• cover up
• crack down on
• crush
• curb
• cut off
• muzzle
• overcome
• overthrow
• put an end to
• put down
• quash
• quell
• quench
• repress
• silence
• snuff out