on the fence

English

Prepositional phrase

on the fence

  1. Undecided; wavering in one's opinion.
    I am still on the fence about which way to vote.
    • 2017 May 22, Olga Khazan, “How People Decide Whether to Have Children”, in The Atlantic:
      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.”
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, the, fence.

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