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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
Noem, the former governor of South Dakota, was eating at the popular Capital Burger restaurant with her Gucci handbag sitting by her feet underneath her seat.
“Instead it looks like Burgum plans to sit by the fire eating warm cookies while Elon Musk’s lackeys dismantle our national parks and public lands.”
"The Department of Justice will not sit by when women are discriminated against in sports," US Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Wednesday.
The last time I visited, I sat by the window, with the blue line buzzing overhead, and slipped one of those postcards into an envelope addressed to one of my closest friends in California.
Suspicions first arose when Mr Johnston was seen sitting by himself while everyone partied around him.
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