Sat on one’s hands


Synonyms for sat on one’s hands
verb hold back from doing

quit
renounce
refrain
withhold
forgo
cease
shun
forbear
decline

refuse
spurn
avoid
eschew
stop
fast
abjure
curb
evade

pass
constrain
abnegate
do without
pass up
starve
deny oneself
fence-sit
give the go by

give up
go on the wagon
keep from
sit on the fence
sit out
take the cure
take the pledge
sit on one’s hands

Antonyms for sat on one’s hands

use
continue
do
accept

allow
embrace
want
face

meet
encourage
indulge

Synonyms
verb waste time

summer
amuse oneself
consume time

fritter away time
have leisure
idle away time

pass the time
while away the time
sit on one’s hands

Synonyms
verb wait and do nothing

do nothing

not lift a finger

sit it out

sit on one’s hands

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