fence-sitting

fence-sitting (uncountable)

1. A state of inaction or indecision over a particular matter, not taking sides and deciding one way or another.
   • 2020 August 26, Nigel Harris, “Comment Special: Catastrophe at Carmont”, in Rail, page 4:

     The time for Government fence-sitting is over.

• fence sitter
• sit on the fence

fence-sitting

1. present participle and gerund of fence-sit

• “fence-sitting”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “fence-sitting”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.