sit in for someone        
phrasal verb with sit verb uk/sɪt/ us/sɪt/  sitting | sat
 代替(某人)履行职责;代(某人)出席会议
to take the place of someone who would normally do a particular job or go to a particular meeting
  Mr Baker is ill today, so Miss Dixon is sitting in for him (as your teacher). 贝克先生今天病了,因此由狄克逊小姐替他(上课)。