apartment sit

A form of apartment-sit — To live in and take care of someone's apartment while they are away.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person apartment sits · participle present apartment sitting · participle past apartment sat · past apartment sat

  1. alternativeAlternative form of apartment-sit.

    He apartment sat for us when we went to England in 1975.

    2004, Brenda MacEachern, Nicholas Vivian Kent (1822-1911): an Ontario family saga, page 389
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    It's better to arrange to have someone house or apartment sit, or to arrange for a neighbor or friend to take in the milk, mail, and the newspapers, and to water and mow the lawn.

    1985, Jay R. Dixon, Personal protection and security: a practical guide, page 18

    Jack was going to apartment sit for Nancy and his brother, Brad, while they were away in Florida for six months, and at the moment she was explaining the building rules for trash disposal.

    1989, Jacqueline Ashley, Love Thy Neighbor, page 5
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