Usually means: Remain inactive, avoid taking action.
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We found 4 dictionaries that define the word sit on one's hands:

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  1. sit on one's hands: Merriam-Webster
  2. sit on one's hands: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sit on one's hands: Wiktionary
  4. sit on one's hands, sit on ones hands: Dictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (sit on one's hands)

verb:  (idiomatic) To remain idle when action is needed, perhaps because of fear, ignorance, complacency, indecisiveness, or dislike of the person(s) or situation.
verb:  (theater, informal) To fail to applaud when expected to.


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