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sitting by

sitting by is the present participle and gerund 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 sitting by

What is sitting by the present participle and gerund of?
Sitting by is the present participle and gerund of sit by.

Words near sitting by in the dictionary

  1. sitting
  2. sitting about
  3. sitting around
  4. sitting back
  5. sitting back on one's heels
  6. sitting by
  7. sitting down
  8. sitting duck
  9. sitting ducks
  10. sitting for
  11. sitting idly by

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sitting 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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