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  • 81fence-sitter — noun a person who won t take sides in a controversy • Hypernyms: ↑neutral * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: fence (I) + sitter : an undecided or neutral person whether he is a fence sitter by conviction or is waiting to see which side wins …

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  • 82fence-off — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: fence (II) + off (as in play off) : a fencing bout for deciding a tie between individuals or teams * * * /fens awf , of /, n. Fencing. a match between individual contestants or teams for settling a tie. [n. use of… …

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  • 83fence-mending — ˈ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: fence (I) + mending : the rehabilitating of a deteriorated relationship especially in politics * * * ˈfence mending 7 [fence mending] noun …

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  • 84fence — See: GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE, MEND ONE S FENCES, ON THE FENCE …

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  • 85fence — See: GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE, MEND ONE S FENCES, ON THE FENCE …

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  • 86Fence, Wisconsin — Infobox Settlement official name = Fence, Wisconsin settlement type = Town nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = map caption = mapsize1 = map caption1 = subdivision type = Country subdivision name = United States… …

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  • 87fence sitter — noun a) One who takes neither side of an argument or controversy, but maintains a neutral position. What...? EW. You scored with the fence sitter? <! note: the original was in all caps (as is the entire graphic novel) b) One who is bisexual,… …

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  • 88fence in — verb a) To enclose with a fence. If we fence in that field, it will be a good pasture for a horse. b) To restrict freedom. Many people feel fenced in by the new rules …

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  • 89fence — Synonyms and related words: abatis, about the bush, advanced work, arch dam, arm, armor, armor plate, around the bush, avoid, backstop, baffle, balistraria, balustrade, bamboo curtain, bank, banquette, bar, barbed wire, barbed wire entanglement,… …

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  • 90fence — [14] Fence is short for defence, and indeed until the 16th century meant ‘defence’ (‘Yet, for [that is, despite] the fence that he could make, she struck it from his hand’, Felon Sowe Rokeby 1500). Of its present day meanings, ‘enclosing… …

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