Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb act as a baby-sitter.
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- verb To
watch ortend someone else's child for a period of time, often formoney . - verb To watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; to have to help or coax too much.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb take watchful responsibility for
- verb work or act as a baby-sitter
Etymologies
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Examples
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In foreign policy, he has Obama's specific mandate to monitor the wind-down of the American troop involvement in Iraq and to baby-sit its tortuous journey to political stability.
Jules Witcover: Obama's Sidekick Joe Biden: Understanding The Vice President Jules Witcover 2010
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In foreign policy, he has Obama's specific mandate to monitor the wind-down of the American troop involvement in Iraq and to baby-sit its tortuous journey to political stability.
Jules Witcover: Obama's Sidekick Joe Biden: Understanding The Vice President Jules Witcover 2010
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Each parent should pay $19.50 a day for these teachers to baby-sit their children.
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In foreign policy, he has Obama's specific mandate to monitor the wind-down of the American troop involvement in Iraq and to baby-sit its tortuous journey to political stability.
Jules Witcover: Obama's Sidekick Joe Biden: Understanding The Vice President Jules Witcover 2010
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You can ask Siri anything—what the weather's going to be, what the meaning of life is (chocolate), whether Siri can baby-sit the kids while you go dancing at the club (she can—she's amazing!)
You Cannot Be Siri-Ous Jason Gay 2011
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She later testified that she had intended to go to the Short Stop with Jones and King but could not get anyone to baby-sit for her.
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Advocates are hoping the push for more rights for domestic servants will spread to other unskilled migrants, as some countries grow increasingly reliant on imported cheap labor to baby-sit for their children, staff their factories and build their skyscrapers.
Seeking Safeguards for Unskilled Workers Abroad Eric Bellman 2012
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"These officers were taken away from their emergency duties to baby-sit this car."
Watch: Taxi EXPLODES On Upper East Side Simon McCormack 2011
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Stop letting the TV and the internet baby-sit and spend time with their children.
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In foreign policy, he has Obama's specific mandate to monitor the wind-down of the American troop involvement in Iraq and to baby-sit its tortuous journey to political stability.
Jules Witcover: Obama's Sidekick Joe Biden: Understanding The Vice President Jules Witcover 2010
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