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Phrase(s): perch someone or something on something
to place, seat, or stand someone or something in a place. • She perched the little girl on the edge of the tub. • Walter perched his hat on the top shelf., Phrase(s): perch on something
1. [for a bird] to stand at rest on something. • A robin perched on the branch by my window. • We saw a parrot perched on some kind of flowering tree. 2. to sit or balance on something. • I can’t perch on this fence forever. Let’s go. • Sam was perched on the bicycle and he looked very uncomfortable.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs