"watch the world go by" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: watches the world go by [present, singular, third-person], watching the world go by [participle, present], watched the world go by [participle, past], watched the world go by [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} watch the world go by (third-person singular simple present watches the world go by, present participle watching the world go by, simple past and past participle watched the world go by)
  1. (UK) To pause and remain still whilst doing nothing but surveying the environment around oneself. Tags: UK

Inflected forms

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