What does fence-sit mean?

fence-sit

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

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"My point, therefore, in beginning with what everyone knows are the two main views of Othello (and hence Othello) is not to adjudicate between them, nor to dismiss both, nor to fence-sit, but to suggest that each answers to something important in the play – which also means that each underestimates something important as well."

fence-sits (present, singular) fence-sitting (participle, present) fence-sat (participle, past) fence-sat (past)

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