apartment sit

English

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of apartment-sit
   • 1985, Jay R. Dixon, Personal protection and security: a practical guide, page 18:

     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.

   • 1989, Jacqueline Ashley, Love Thy Neighbor, page 5:

     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.

   • 2004, Brenda MacEachern, Nicholas Vivian Kent (1822-1911): an Ontario family saga, page 389:

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