sit on

verb

Definition of sit onnext
as in to crack down (on)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sit on
  1. put down
  2. slap down
  3. quash
  4. silence
  5. repress
  6. subdue
  7. suppress
Verb
  • With two young daughters at home, he’s put down roots in Chicago, having signed a two-year contract over the summer.
    Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Despite the deployment of troops to the National Assembly that night to put down protests that erupted and prevent access to the building, lawmakers were able to bypass the barricades and cast a unanimous vote to overturn Yoon's declaration.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of put down
Verb
  • And that suggests his Justice Department will be less excited about slapping down the border initiatives championed by Abbott since the day Biden sent the former president packing.
    John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Here's a list of vaccine myths and facts that slaps down the persistent lies floating around social media and conspiracy websites.
    Matt Jancer, WIRED, 26 Jan. 2022
Definition of slap down
Verb
  • Half-hearted Iranian attempts to intervene to help Assad with Iraqi militias were quashed by American air power.
    Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • High mortgage rates suppress demand, which quashes home price growth.
    Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of quash
Verb
  • Willis quickly used that notoriety to claim the bans were part of a grand conspiracy to silence truth tellers like him from informing people about what was really happening in the world.
    David Gilbert, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Grantees with innocent-sounding names like Good Information Inc. and Free Press seek mostly to silence other political and policy ideas.
    Scott Walter, Baltimore Sun, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of silence
Verb
  • Otherwise, all the factions would kill each other and the Sunnis would repress everyone else.
    Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • He was also tasked with organizing anti-West demonstrations and repressing all government dissent from 2019 onwards.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of repress
Verb
  • The price of iron ore, which is Rio’s single largest product, accounting for two-thirds of Rio Tinto’s revenue, has remained subdued in 2024, though showing some improvement in the recent months.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Several said they were alarmed by him and some were thankful when Penny subdued him.
    Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of subdue
Verb
  • Harry is doing his best to keep Dexter from killing people, though Dex acknowledges that slicing into cadavers and taking hunting trips aren’t really cutting it in terms of suppressing his urges.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
  • His beautiful, distant mother, played by the French-Argentinean actress Bérénice Bejo, treats these outbursts as insurrections to be suppressed.
    Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of suppress
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