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On The Fence

Definition: On The Fence

On The Fence

Adjective

1. Characterized by indecision; "some who had been on the fence came out in favor of the plan"; "too many voters still declare they are undecided".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: On The Fence

Synonyms: on the fence(p) (adj), undecided (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: On The Fence

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Tergiversation

Trim, shuffle, play fast and loose, blow hot and cold, coquet, be on the fence, straddle, bold with the hare but run with the hounds; nager entre deux eaux; wait to see how the cat jumps, wait to see how the wind blows.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: On The Fence

English words defined with "on the fence": The Adversary, To be on the fenceundecided. (references)
Specialty definitions using "on the fence": HorseshoeIceout-of-bandVisible feature. (references)

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Modern Usage: On The Fence

DomainUsage

Lyrics

On the fence, try not to offend (Ants Marching; performing artist: Dave Matthews Band)

Movie/TV Titles

Terry On the Fence (1985)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: On The Fence

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Clothes of white agricultural day laborer's family drying on the fence, north of Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. Credit: Library of Congress.

Farmers sitting on the fence at 4-H Club fair, Cimarron, Kansas. Credit: Library of Congress.

On the fence. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: On The Fence

SubjectTopicQuote

Minorities

Yugoslavia

On February 13 and 14, stickers with swastikas and anti-Semitic messages were placed on the entrance of the Jewish Community Center of Belgrade, on the gate of the synagogue, and on the fence of the Jewish cemetery. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expressions: On The Fence

Expressions using "on the fence": sit on the fence To be on the fence. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: On The Fence

Language Translations for "on the fence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

pres (amputate, anticipate, await, be asking for, be expecting, be on the watch, be waiting, bide, buck, chop, clip, coin, cut, cut away, cut open, detruncate, disforest, dissect, entertain, expect, exscind, fell, hew, host, knife, look for, look forward to, mince, mint, Nick, notch, obtruncate, poll, prune, screw, section, sever, shut off, sit on the fence, slash, slot, snip, take, Tarry, undercut, wait, ween, whack). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏بقي محايدا (sit on the fence). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

седя на два стола (sit on the fence), резервирам се (shy, sit on the fence). (various references)

   

Czech

  

hrát to na obì strany (sit on the fence), být nerozhodný (dither, hesitate, sit on the fence, vacillate). (various references)

   

French

  

s'abstenir de prendre position (sit on the fence). (various references)

   

German

  

zwischen zwei Stühlen sitzen (to sit on the fence). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

semleges marad (to sit on the fence, to stand neuter), nem csatlakozik egyik (to sit on the fence), kivárási politikát folytat (to sit on the fence), haszonlesõ (grab-all, profit-seeking, sit on the fence), félhez sem (to sit on the fence). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

両端 (both edges, both ends, either end, sitting on the fence). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

りょうた" (both edges, both ends, either end, sitting on the fence), りょうはし (both edges, both ends, either end, sitting on the fence). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

onay ethay encefay

   

Romanian

  

rãmâne neutru (sit on the fence, stand neuter). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

оставаться нейтральным (sit on the fence, stand neuter). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

biti neopredeljen (sit on the fence). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

no tomar partido (side with nobody, sit on the fence). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: On The Fence

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-f-h-n-n-o-t"

-4 letters: cenote, ethene, fennec, nocent, thence.

-5 letters: cento, conte, fence, fetch, foehn, hence, nonce, nonet, notch, often, tench, tenon, tonne.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: On The Fence


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 6E      54 68 65      46 65 6E 63 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01101110 00100000 01010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01000110 01100101 01101110 01100011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#110 &#32 &#84 &#104 &#101 &#32 &#70 &#101 &#110 &#99 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 006E      0054 0068 0065      0046 0065 006E 0063 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4980254747124071806971

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Expressions
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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