house sit

A form of house-sit — To live temporarily in someone else's home, or to attend it regularly, for the purpose of protecting and tending to it in the owner's or tenant's absence.

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Meanings

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

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

  1. alternativeAlternative form of house-sit.

    Registration can cost around $400 depending on the area that you are looking to house sit in.

    2004, Anthony J. Anderson, Paying Off Your Mortgage Quickly, page 11
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    My step-dad told me that he would arrange for someone to house sit instead of Zoey and me being boarded.

    2011, Russell D. Kornblut, My Name Is Planky, the Real-Life Story of a True Underdog, page 73

    They stayed with us the first week; then, as a favor to our friend Marcy, decided to house sit for her as she was going off-island and rented a house from none other than a sitting Supreme Court Justice of the United States.

    2012, Alex Ellison, A Star to Sail Her by
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APA

house sit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house%20sit

MLA

“house sit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house%20sit. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “house sit,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house%20sit.

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