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
  • Shelters are still overwhelmed with new entries, and almost 1 million pets a year are put down across the country for lack of space.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Her complaints of feeling dizzy and experiencing numbness in her limbs were put down to dehydration.
    Latoya Gayle, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of put down
Verb
  • Recent examples of people acting out of this same humble presumption—and being slapped down for it—are abundant.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
  • 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
Definition of slap down
Verb
  • In the end, the Allies managed to quash Adolf Hitler’s last-ditch effort to win the war.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Advertisement The casualties occurred around three villages in Kursk, where Russia has for four months been trying to quash a Ukrainian incursion, the agency, known by its acronym GUR, said in a public post on the Telegram messaging app.
    Samya Kullab and Tara Copp, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of quash
Verb
  • Making space for safe exchange, discussion, free expression of thought is what is humane and should always be encouraged, not silenced.
    George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Most upsetting is the unabashed exploitation of domestic violence survivors’ stories to silence a woman who asked for safety.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of silence
Verb
  • The government repressed religious dissent (in particular, Catholicism) while unconscionably investing in slavery and colonization.
    Bob Blaisdell, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
  • With Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain, Culkin pivots to a character who’s repressing his pain just as desperately but masks it with a life-of-the-tour-group energy that is both endearing and exhausting.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of repress
Verb
  • Globally, demand in the sector remains subdued due to oversupplies in the European market as well as high inventory levels in China.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The higher end of the treble is somewhat subdued and can get stepped on when the lower frequencies are busy.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of subdue
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of suppress
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