baby-sit
See also: babysit
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baby-sit (third-person singular simple present baby-sits, present participle baby-sitting, simple past and past participle baby-sat)
- (transitive, intransitive) To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.
- (transitive, intransitive) To watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; to have to help or coax too much.
- He left me to baby-sit the new guy while he got some work done.
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To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money
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To watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely
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