babysit

babysit englanniksi

1. To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.

''My daughter is babysitting for the Morgans at number ten, who are going out on a date night.''

''We need someone to babysit our children while we go to the theater.''

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3. To watch or tend a thing or process without normally intervening in it, e.g. as a precaution should an emergency happen.

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4. To watch or attend anything or anyone more closely than ought to be needed; to have to help or coax too much.

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''He left me to babysit the new guy while he got some work done.''

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