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flat-sit

flat-sit verb: to live in and take care of someone's flat while they are away.

Verb

flat-sit (third-person singular simple present flat-sits, present participle flat-sitting, simple past and past participle flat-sat)

  1. To live in and take care of someone's flat while they are away.
    Synonyms:
    apartment-sit

Synonyms of flat-sit

Forms of flat-sit

third-person singular presentflat-sits
present participleflat-sitting
past participleflat-sat
pastflat-sat

Origin of flat-sit

By analogy to babysit.

Questions about flat-sit

What does flat-sit mean?
Flat-sit means to live in and take care of someone's flat while they are away.
What part of speech is flat-sit?
Flat-sit is a verb.
What is the past tense of flat-sit?
The past tense of flat-sit is flat-sat.

Words near flat-sit in the dictionary

  1. flat-roof pubs
  2. flat-sat
  3. flat-sawn
  4. flat-screen
  5. flat-screens
  6. flat-sit
  7. flat-sits
  8. flat-sitting
  9. flat-spot
  10. flat-spots
  11. flat-spotted

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