babysit (someone or something)
babysit (someone or something)
1. To look after another person's child or children in a temporary capacity. Julia will babysit the kids on Saturday.
2. By extension, to look after or monitor someone, something, or an animal. Can you babysit these petri dishes and make note of any changes while I go to lunch? A: "Uncle Al is going to know you asked me to babysit him, and he won't be happy." B: "Well, too bad, because I'm not leaving him alone!" Maggie asked me to babysit her cat while she travels for work.
See also: babysit
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- babysit
- babysit with (someone or something)
- look on with
- look on with (someone)
- look ahead
- have a look-see
- get a dirty look (from someone)
- give somebody/get a dirty look
- dragged through a hedge backward(s)
- look up to