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sitting in for

sitting in for is the present participle and gerund 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 sitting in for

What is sitting in for the present participle and gerund of?
Sitting in for is the present participle and gerund of sit in for.

Words near sitting in for in the dictionary

  1. sitting duck
  2. sitting ducks
  3. sitting for
  4. sitting idly by
  5. sitting in
  6. sitting in for
  7. sitting in judgement
  8. sitting in judgment
  9. sitting in on
  10. sitting loose
  11. sitting loosely

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sitting 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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