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sit in

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sit in (on something)
to attend something as a visitor; to act as a temporary participant in something. Do you mind if I sit in on your discussion? Please do sit in.
See also: sit

sit in (for somebody)
to do someone's job or fulfill a responsibility for them The vice president will sit in for the president at today's meeting. Their drummer was sick so they asked if I could sit in.
See also: sit

sit in (on something)

to go to a group event without being officially involved Do you mind if I sit in on your class?
See also: sit


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Imagine your mother's feelings if I let you sit in the wet in your white linen.
What a strange rest and pause in my life there seems to be - and in all life, within doors and without - when I sit in the quiet, shaded, orderly room, with the blue eyes of my child-wife turned towards me, and her little fingers twining round my hand
And for the last two years, at least, Hetty had been in the habit of hearing her uncle say, "Adam Bede may be working for wage now, but he'll be a master-man some day, as sure as I sit in this chair.
 
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