baby-sit
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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
Have to baby sit some 0's and '27's.
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn
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