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idiombe/sit/stand on the sidelines(also stay, remain, wait etc on the sidelines)(or watch from the sidelines)to avoid being fully involved in an argument, fight, or activity that you are interested in or should be involved in:Hundreds of people are dying in a civil war, and other nations are standing on the sidelines and watching it happen.Whether I am chosen as mayor or not, I am not going to sit on the sidelines while the city faces the toughest problems in its history.Many investors remained on the sidelines, waiting for an upsurge in the market's activity.NoteThere are other expressions that use 'the sidelines' in this way. For example you can 'cheer from the sidelines', or 'be pushed to the sidelines', or 'come in from the sidelines'We are not just cheering from the sidelines, we are going to get in there with money and help.While education standards have improved overall, children with special needs have been pushed to the sidelines.
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