sat in
Took someone's place
Sat in is the past tense of sit in, meaning to attend or participate as a visitor or temporary substitute.
You might have sat in on a meeting as an observer, or sat in for the regular drummer when she was sick.
In the civil rights era, protesters sat in at lunch counters to challenge segregation—an action that gave rise to the noun sit-in.
- positionedSet in location
- attendedWas at an event
- locatedFound the position of
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- deputizedAppointed as substitute authority
substitute · subbed · jury duty · protest · chair · demonstration · bench · meeting · joined · occupied · squatted · pew · lingered · watched · remained · seminar · workshop · waiting
permanence of role
sat indispersed
Spread widely apart
walked out · cleared out · stepped down · vacated · complied
protest engagement
sat inwalked away
Left by foot
complied · stood down · dispersed · evacuated · acquiesced