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onlooker

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Onlooker (noun) means a person who watches something happen without joining in.

noun

A person who watches something happen without joining in.

"As a result, while the train was being shunted at Bombay, the buffers became locked, producing a situation most intriguing for the onlookers, but exasperating for the exalted passengers and the unhappy railway authorities." — , Royal Trains—V (1945)

"I wasn’t involved in the fight; I was only an onlooker."

"Please allow me to adjust my pants So that I may dance the good time dance And put the onlookers and innocent bystanders into a trance" — “The Mob Goes Wild”, The Mob Goes Wild (2004)

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