Reference meaning
babysit
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To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.
Other meanings
2. verb
To watch or tend a thing or process without normally intervening in it, e.g. as a precaution should an emergency happen.
3. verb
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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