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sat by

sat by is the simple past and past participle of sit by.

Meaning of sit by

Verb

sit by (third-person singular simple present sits by, present participle sitting by, simple past and past participle sat by)

  1. Synonym of sit idly by.
    Synonyms:
    sit idly by

Questions about sat by

What is sat by the simple past and past participle of?
Sat by is the simple past and past participle of sit by.

Words near sat by in the dictionary

  1. sat
  2. sat about
  3. sat around
  4. sat back
  5. sat back on one's heels
  6. sat by
  7. sat diver
  8. sat divers
  9. sat down
  10. sat fat
  11. sat fats

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sat by (page history and authors); sit by (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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