Synonyms for sit by
sit by

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1. sit by, sit backverb

   be inactive or indifferent while something is happening

   "Don't just sit by while your rights are violated!"

   Synonyms:
   take it easy, sit back

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1. Japanese Proverb, Also quoted in the movie Rising Sun:

   If you sit by the river long enough, you will see the body of your enemy float by.

2. Dexter Wimbish:

   At no time was anybody held against their will. There was no kidnapping, there is no fraud here. This is simply a Christian man who was following his calling to help those who are in need. We cannot sit by and allow ministry to be attacked.

3. John Boehner:

   The House has acted to de-fund the department and to stop the president’s overreach when it comes to immigration and his executive orders, ... And the Congress just can’t sit by and let the president defy the Constitution and defy his own his oath of office.

4. Anderson Cooper:

   Yeah, thats somethingI mean, weve got to make it clear to countries around the world that we will not sit by and allow invasions to take place.

5. Vincent Van Gogh:

   One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever come to sit by it. Passersby see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on the way.