Usage of "on the fence"

Characterized by indecision.

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Usage of on the fence in English

There is no longer room for them to stand on the fence. 
 The Irish Times 

Trump had been said to be on the fence about the deal. 
 The Guardian 

But the King laughed and jumped up on the fence and crowed. 
 The Talking Beasts: A Book of Fable Wisdom 

Phœbe cried as she leaned on the fence and watched the bird. 
 Patchwork: A Story of 'The Plain People' 

The instructor leaned on the fence and puffed on at his pipe. 
 Stanford Stories: Tales of a Young University 

Buck was sitting on the fence by the roadside, barefooted and hatless. 
 A Knight of the Cumberland 

Then they would pause and quickly stick the bill on the fence. 
 The Created Legend 

Then he will trip away and resume his song on the fence. 
 Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough 

But Newt wasn't sitting on the fence when he heard the news. 
 Lonesome dove 

The faded sign on the fence topped with barbed wire says REZENDE. 
 Night of knives 

They were ready to jump on the fence when they saw him. 
 Gratitude 

She leaves Baldy sit on the fence while she and Lin McLean- 
 The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains 

He already has a job -as a welder on the fence. 
 Reuters 

I had my hurricane-lamp, sir, and saw it on the fence plainly. 
 From the Ranks 

Two little boys sat on the fence whittling arrows one fine day. 
 The Louisa Alcott Reader: a Supplementary Reader for the Fourth ... 

Why, they hang them up on the fence, and then pound them. 
 Bert Lloyd's Boyhood: A Story from Nova Scotia 

Meanings of on the fence in English