sat on it
Rested one's weight
Sat on it means delayed action on something, usually implying neglect or deliberate inaction.
Someone who receives a proposal and sat on it for months neither approved nor rejected it.
The phrase suggests the item was set aside rather than addressed: I gave him my manuscript and he just sat on it.
Can also mean suppressed or kept secret: The editor sat on the story until after the election.
Suppress or nullify
cover up · withhold · censor · hide · conceal · keep quiet · hush up · stifle
Delay action unnecessarily
- deferDelay or submit
- postponeDelay to later time
- shelveSuspend or store
- tableHorizontal furniture surface
stall · dawdle · linger · hesitate · wait · pause · hold off · put off
Prevent forward movement
inhibit · rein in · suppress · moderate · temper · bite tongue · bottle up · self-control
quash
Suppress or nullify
bury · cover up · withhold · censor · hide · conceal · keep quiet · hush up · stifle · smother
procrastinate
Delay action unnecessarily
table · stall · dawdle · linger · hesitate · wait · pause · hold off · put off · drag one's feet
hold back
Prevent forward movement
curb · inhibit · rein in · suppress · moderate · temper · bite tongue · bottle up · self-control · discipline
deliberate
Consciously chosen, not accidental
- considerThink about carefully
- contemplateConsider something thoroughly
- reflectReturn light or thought
mull over · think on · weigh · ruminate · sleep on it · take time · chew on · digest · brood · muse
sat on itbroke the story
First to publish news
spread the word · let it out · spilled the beans · let the cat out of the bag · blew the whistle
sat, sit, sits, sitting, sitter, sitters, seat, seated, seating