sit by

Idioms  

1. Also, sit idly by. Refrain from interfering, remain passive, as in I can't just sit by and let her get in trouble.

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Example Sentences

I sit by Jonesy, so maybe she can help me turn this day around.

From Literature

Every moment an agent sat by the phone.

From Literature

A sign next to a pile of mud-stained photo albums that sits by the entrance warns: "Do not touch. Contaminated material."

From Barron's

If two patients, for example, are delirious upon waking from surgery, they both need someone to sit by their bedsides, even as a third or fourth patient may need assistance walking to the toilet.

From Los Angeles Times

"We are waiting, sitting by the crossing. My son and I slept here last night, on the pavement, in the cold, waiting to go back home," he told a BBC freelancer.

From BBC