hand-hold

Verb

hand-hold (third-person singular simple present hand-holds, present participle hand-holding, simple past and past participle hand-held)

1. (transitive) To hold in the hand.
   • You can hand-hold many professional cameras, but using a tripod may be a better idea.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To watch or attend unnecessarily closely (as if holding a child's hand to lead it along).
   • I'm sick of having to hand-hold every new person we hire. Why can't we train them first?

   Synonyms:

   babysit