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. Nick Bourne:

   It's an international scandal, we cannot sit by and let something like that happen.

2. 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.

3. Leana Wen:

   Planned Parenthood will not sit by and watch as politicians take our rights and freedoms to women's health care away, we will fight in Missouri, Georgia, Alabama, and everywhere else politicians interfere with medical care, because women's health care is health care and health care is a human right.

4. Lena Zawaideh:

   I am pursuing this case because women should not have to tolerate harassment at work. Shaun White should not be allowed to whatever he wants just because he is famous. Although I am embarrassed to have been treated this way, I cannot sit by and watch him do this to other women.

5. Alpha Kanu:

   The radio (and television) programs have been welcomed by parents as well as pupils, who on a daily basis, studiously, sit by their radio. The fact they are engaged is a sign of success.