Meaning & use
babysat
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Past tense of babysit: took care of a child or children for a period while the parents were away.
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She babysat her neighbor's kids every Friday night in high school.
We babysat for my sister while she went to a wedding.
A note on using this word
"Babysat" is an irregular past tense, formed the same way as "sit/sat," rather than adding "-ed."
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