sitting on it
Resting one's weight
Sitting on it means deliberately delaying action or decision on something you have control over.
Someone sitting on a document, proposal, or piece of information is holding it without acting: The committee has been sitting on our application for months.
The phrase implies the delay is intentional or negligent rather than due to legitimate obstacles.
It can also mean suppressing information: The newspaper sat on the story until after the election.
- delayingCausing later occurrence
- dragging feetDelaying through reluctance
- deferringPostponing or yielding respectfully
- inactionDeliberate nonmovement
- postponingRescheduling for later
stalling · buying time · withholding · procrastination · indecision · ottoman · hesitation · holding back · pew · suppressing · stonewalling · hold off · biding time · deliberate · sit tight · patience · mull over · holding
sitting on ittaking action
Initiating purposeful effort
moving forward · taking the plunge · pulling the trigger · expediting · fast-tracking