sit in for sb
— phrasal verb with sit /sɪt/ verb (present tense sitting, past tense and past participle sat)Definition
› to take the place of someone who would normally do a particular job or go to a particular meeting: Mr Baker is ill today, so Miss Dixon is sitting in for him (as your teacher).Replacing and exchanging
(Definition of sit in for sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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sit down and do sth phrasal verb
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sit down phrasal verb
- sit in for sb phrasal verb
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sit in judgment on/over sb idiom
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sit in phrasal verb (BE PRESENT)
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sit in phrasal verb (COMPLAIN)
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sit on sb phrasal verb
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sit on sb's stomach idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- alternatively adverb
- bargain sth away phrasal verb
- behalf noun
- change over phrasal verb
- compensation noun (EXCHANGE)
- countermand verb
- delegate noun
- pinch-hit verb
- pre-empt verb
- proxy noun
- refill noun
- refill verb
- represent verb (ACT FOR)
- spare noun
- substitute noun
- succession noun
- supersede verb
- supplant verb
- swap noun
- swap verb
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Replacing and exchanging
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