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watch the world go by

idiom

To pause and remain still whilst doing nothing but surveying the environment around oneself.


Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all dressed up and nowhere to go

    Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.

  2. 02

    all over the world

    throughout the world, everywhere, worldwide, globally.

  3. 03

    all systems go

    Everything is ready.

  4. 04

    as you go

    While one is doing (something); as one progresses.

  5. 05

    boldly go where no man has gone before

    To break new ground.

  6. 06

    come and go

    To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.

  7. 07

    come into the world

    To be born.

  8. 08

    coming into the world

    The act of being born; a birth.

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