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Definition of sit for phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sit for

phrasal verb

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sit for somebody/something

[no passive] to be a model for an artist or a photographer
- to sit for your portrait
- She sat for Augustus John.
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sit in for somebody

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