watch the world go by (English, verb)
expansion: 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)
Senses:
glosses: To pause and remain still whilst doing nothing but surveying the environment around oneself.
tags: UK
idiomatic
Forms:
form: watches the world go by
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: watching the world go by
tags: participle
present
form: watched the world go by
tags: participle
past
form: watched the world go by
tags: past