baby up

verb

To treat as a baby.

“I've been babied up for more than a decade.”

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Meanings

verbbaby up (third-person singular simple present babies up, present participle babying up, simple past and past participle babied up)

present singular third person babies up · participle present babying up · participle past babied up · past babied up

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo treat as a baby.
  2. intransitiveTo have babies or children to care for

    I've been babied up for more than a decade.

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APA

baby up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baby%20up

MLA

“baby up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baby%20up. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “baby up,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baby%20up.

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