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house-sit

British  

verb

  1. to live in and look after a house during the absence of its owner or owners

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Fratti performed on some of the band’s earliest records, and asked Derbez to house-sit for her while she was away touring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Mr. DePape would help her with her chickens and occasionally house-sit for her, she said.

From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2022

Former butcher Barry Parkes, 68, who lost his house, two vehicles and his Harley Davidson motorcycle, said friends had asked him to house-sit for them.

From Reuters ● Jan. 16, 2020

After being hospitalized for a nervous breakdown, he emerges from a mental ward and travels to Los Angeles for an extended stay, to house-sit the lavish home of his much more successful younger brother.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 15, 2019

Since she used to house-sit for them, she knew she would feel comfortable in Glebewood.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2017

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