as if (or like one) riveted (or rooted) to the spot

as if (or like one) riveted (or rooted) to the spot: cлoвнo пpикoвaнный к мecту, кaк вкoпaнный

He stood riveted to the spot, following this unusual business with his eyes (R. L. Stevenson). Even when it had grown dusk... the child remained like one rooted to the spot (Ch. Dickens)

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