to baby-sit

Examples

• All

• She needs someone to baby-sit her daughter during the meeting tomorrow.

• Sometimes I baby-sit my grandchildren, and, um...

  Mr. Saturday Night (1992)

• I used to baby-sit Eddie when we were children.

  Just Go with It (2011)

• Claire baby-sits her daughter, Abbey, sometimes.

  Déjà Vu (2006)

• After all, he had baby-sat for Lily at least half a dozen times in Boston.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Well, I've been baby-sitting since I was about ten.

  Fiction book (1999)

• I don't need you to baby-sit.

  Middle of Nowhere (2012)

• Abby, I'll baby-sit more, I swear!

  Just Like Heaven (2005)

• I baby-sat every Saturday night, arrived around dinnertime (driven by my father), and was delivered home around midnight.

  Fiction book (1999)

• For the rest of the weekend, Heskow baby-sat for the Sturzo brothers, cooking their meals, running their errands.

  Fiction book (2001)

Synonyms

B

to babysit

vsto baby-sit

118 2.0

To take care of someone else's child, pet, or things for a short time

is identical in meaning but written as a hyphenated form

S

to sit

vsto baby-sit

89 3.0

To look after other people's children for a short time

includes caring for pets or things as well, not only children

Antonyms

N

neglect

100 3.5

Not caring for someone or something that needs care

How Attentive

to care for

347 1.0

to baby-sit

18 2.1

to look after

472 1.1

to watch

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

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Etymology