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Youngest in family's the one after the others to give parents a break (7)

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I believe the answer is:

babysit

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'break' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being verbs in their base form.
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(Other definitions for babysit that I've seen before include "Look after children temporarily" , "Supervise in loco parentis" , "Mind" , "Take charge to allow parents to go out" , "Tend to kid" .)

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