sit back

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sit back

to stop being active. We haven't had many opportunities to sit back and talk to each other. We're not so good that we can afford to just tell people we're the greatest and then sit back.

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Sometimes Wharton would sit back with a laugh and say: Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context But why did you sit back there, Agnes,' she added, 'and talk so little? Agnes Grey by Bronte, Anne View in context She would have much preferred to sit back with the girls, where she could have laughed and chattered to her heart's content. Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context More results

References in classic literature

Sometimes Wharton would sit back with a laugh and say:

Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

But why did you sit back there, Agnes,' she added, 'and talk so little?

Agnes Grey by Bronte, Anne View in context

She would have much preferred to sit back with the girls, where she could have laughed and chattered to her heart's content.

Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context

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