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baby-sit

VERB
care for a child
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“No, baby, sit down,” she told the restless dog.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2020

“They would baby sit for us too and mow the lawn. We have fabulous, fabulous memories as I’m sure the kids do, too.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 29, 2019

Inside a home, a mother, a father, and their three children, one of them just a baby, sit at a dining room table.

From Slate • Dec. 7, 2018

We have to stop letting electronics entertain and baby sit our children and grandchildren.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2017

Why did you let baby sit close to my rose-bush—my beautiful rose?

From Amy Harrison or Heavenly Seed and Heavenly Dew by Unknown




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