Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
baby-sit . - noun Alternative spelling of
babysitting .
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Examples
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Quickly setting him straight … my friend told her husband that when it’s your own kids … it’s not called baby-sitting!
Barbara Bush Barbara Bush 2005
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Quickly setting him straight … my friend told her husband that when it’s your own kids … it’s not called baby-sitting!
Barbara Bush Barbara Bush 2005
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With the exception of baby-sitting, I do not think I have ever enjoyed working!
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While Mum and Dad groaned to us about the baby-sitting impositions of my siblings, we empathised, but felt we couldn't ask them to sit for us.
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I saw baby-sitting as a valuable opportunity to learn skills I would someday need for motherhood.
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Now, he can kind of just let us help him with that and he can go and not have to worry about - not baby-sitting, but not have to worry about making sure everyone is ready.
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To find out, check out the exclusive clip below, which also highlights more of Hayley's baby-sitting shortcomings and Phil's former career as a ... cheerleader?
Exclusive: Modern Family's Never-Before-Seen Family Confessionals 2011
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She was baby-sitting a friend's toddler, who cavorted among bean-bag lounge chairs in a grassy field.
Moscow Tries to Soften Edges of Storied Park Richard Boudreaux 2011
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“How did the baby-sitting go today?” her mother inquired.
Western Man Janet Dailey 2011
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Adam's Mini Rant: Enough baby-sitting Lumen on Dexter — let's get back to the carnage, please.
Mega Buzz: NCIS' Daddy Danger, House's New Doc and Chuck's Run-In with 007 2010
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