sit by
— phrasal verb with sit uk/sɪt/us/sɪt/verb present participle sitting, past tense and past participle sat
to fail to take action to stop something wrong from happening:
I can't just sit by and watch you waste all our money.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Passive and not working
- anywhere
- arse about/around
- breather
- breathing space
- bum
- bum around
- float
- idle
- laze
- leave sb be idiom
- lie around
- moribund
- not get/go anywhere idiom
- passive
- recharge
- slob around (sth)
- slop around (sth)
- stew
- take five idiom
- torpid
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