babysit

/ˈbeɪbisɪt/ verb [I, T] (present participle babysitting, past tense and past participle babysat)

Definition

› to look after children while their parents are not at home

babysitter noun [C] › We'd like to come, but we can't get a babysitter. babysitting noun [U]

(Definition of babysit verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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