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US
/ˈbeɪbiˌsɪt/
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VERB
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take watchful responsibility for
I baby-sit the neighbor's plants when she is out of town -
work or act as a baby-sitter
I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do
How To Use baby-sit In A Sentence
- In foreign policy, he has Obama's specific mandate to monitor the wind-down of the American troop involvement in Iraq and to baby-sit its tortuous journey to political stability. Jules Witcover: Obama's Sidekick Joe Biden: Understanding The Vice President
- Hiring Teenagers:For many mothers, the very word baby-sitter means hiring a teenager. Mothering Twins
- If one goes by the findings of behavioural studies, one would think twice before assigning baby-sitting functions for the telly or hold back from going ga ga over the toddler who lisps ad-lib.
- One February night, when I had Brian with me and had left Melanie with your baby-sitter, Liza played with matches. Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear
- They want us as kindly old grandmas, ready to baby-sit for free.
- His youngish stepmother, Joyce, volunteers to baby-sit gratis in view of his straitened circumstances and her recent widowing and resultant loneliness.
- Accustomed to advanced students, Marina Derryberry feared that his lessons might be glorified baby-sitting.
- “Liza could brag about her experience with fire, too—how she and her sister had escaped with their baby-sitter through a third-floor window, but a playmate had hidden in a closet and died.” Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear
- The hotel manager will arrange for a baby-sitter.
- Growing up, Ms. Flint's longtime baby-sitter had a son with cerebral palsy. A Novel Benefit Gala
