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baby-sitting Definition


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baby-sit
verb, tr & intr
    1. To look after a child, usually in its own home, while the parents are out.
      Thesaurus: watch, oversee, care for, protect, guard, mind, tend.
Derivative: baby-sitter
noun
    A person who looks after a child while the parents are out.
Derivative: baby-sitting
noun
    Etymology: 20c: the verb is a back-formation from baby-sitter.



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