sit on sb
informal — phrasal verb with sit /sɪt/ verb (present tense sitting, past tense and past participle sat)Definition
› to force someone to be silent or not to do something: The boss is going to sit on him to make sure he says nothing.Limiting and restrictingPreventing and impeding
(Definition of sit on sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- box sb in phrasal verb
- chain noun (RINGS)
- circumscribe verb
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- clampdown noun
- cramp verb
- curb verb
- curtail verb
- damage limitation noun
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- muzzle verb (ANIMAL)
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