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sit by
Idioms and Phrases
Also, sit idly by . Refrain from interfering, remain passive, as in I can't just sit by and let her get in trouble .Example Sentences
“I am not going to sit by and not take action.â€
Her senior status in the family was made clear at the king's state coronation in December 2022 when she sat by his side.
When I was about seven years old, I sat by that fence, counting the cows in the distance.
“He did something that very few directors do, where they come and sit by the camera,†recalls Hoult, motioning to indicate just how close the 94-year-old director would be to him on set.
Hope was sitting by Porsha’s bed, his hands on her chest, telling her, “We are going to figure this out.â€
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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