to babysit
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2.0
- verb
- /ˈbeɪbiˌsɪt/
- He actually volunteered to babysit him.
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Watch on YouTubeOh well, in that case I guess he can't babysit my kids.
- Oh well, in that case I guess he can't babysit my kids.
- They begged me to stay home to babysit my one year old infant brother.
- Having said that, I still wouldn't trust Bill to babysit my nieces anytime soon.
- Her children were having struggles, and she was needing to babysit her grandchildren.
- And Stevie Starlight sounds like the kind of dude you would never let babysit a kid, obviously.
- Allegedly a favorite breeding pair and an extra to keep them company and babysit the Cubs.
- And I was out of the gallery at a class and my mother was babysitting the gallery for me.
Examples
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"I had to babysit my little cousins... and I was reading to them all weekend.
Academic text (2010) -
So... do you think you could possibly babysit for me, just until Lottie gets here in the morning?
Fiction book (1998) -
You still down to babysit tonight?
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A friend asks you to babysit her daughter for a few hours on a Sunday.
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Jackson, could you babysit my young friend here for a minute?
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They begged me to stay home to babysit my one year old infant brother.
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I agreed to babysit my neighbor's children while she goes to work.
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Can you babysit for us this weekend while we attend the wedding?
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Last night, I babysat my friend's kids and we had a lot of fun.
Synonyms
89
3.0
To look after other people's children for a short time
18
2.1
To look after a child or pet while the person in charge is away
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Etymology
The word babysit comes from joining baby and sit; here 'sit' means 'to stay and look after', as in a babysitter. So to babysit is to stay with and take care of children, animals, or things for a short time.