"house-sit" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From house + sit, formed by analogy to babysit.",
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          "text": "I’m house-sitting my uncle’s place in San Rafael for a few months.",
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        "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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        "(transitive, intransitive) 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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          "word": "housesit"
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          "word": "house sit"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaʊsˌsɪt/",
      "tags": [
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    }
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  "word": "house-sit"
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