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sat in for

sat in for is the simple past and past participle of sit in for.

Meaning of sit in for

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To substitute; to take somebody's place.
    • Can you sit in for him while he's gone?

Questions about sat in for

What is sat in for the simple past and past participle of?
Sat in for is the simple past and past participle of sit in for.

Words near sat in for in the dictionary

  1. sat fat
  2. sat fats
  3. sat for
  4. sat idly by
  5. sat in
  6. sat in for
  7. sat in judgement
  8. sat in judgment
  9. sat in on
  10. sat loose
  11. sat loosely

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sat in for (page history and authors); sit in for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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