Meaning of watch the world go by | Babel Free

Definitions

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

UK, idiomatic

Examples

“I think I'll just sit under this tree and watch the world go by.”

“Watching the world go by is so much fun that I have to tear myself away to catch my next service - LNER's 'Highland Chieftain' worked by a bi-mode Class 800 Azuma, [...].”

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