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on the fence

on the fence prepositional phrase: undecided; wavering in one's opinion.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Undecided; wavering in one's opinion.
    • I am still on the fence about which way to vote.
    • The letter was from a 41-year-old man who was also on the fence about kids: “Things like quiet, free time, spontaneous travel, pockets of non-obligation,” he wrote. “I really value them.”2017 May 22, Olga Khazan, “How People Decide Whether to Have Children”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2017
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, the, fence.

on the fence meaning in Malay and Indonesian

on the fence in Malay

Translations
bagai air di daun keladi, bagai air di daun talas

on the fence in Indonesian

Translations
bagai air di daun talas

Words formed from on the fence

Questions about on the fence

What does on the fence mean?
On the fence means undecided; wavering in one's opinion.
What is on the fence in Malay?
On the fence in Malay is bagai air di daun keladi, bagai air di daun talas. See On the fence meaning in Malay.
What part of speech is on the fence?
On the fence is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the fence in the dictionary

  1. on the edge of
  2. on the edge of one's seat
  3. on the face of
  4. on the face of it
  5. on the face of the earth
  6. on the fence
  7. on the fiddle
  8. on the flat
  9. on the flip side
  10. on the flipside
  11. on the floor

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