take care of
Idioms-
Attend to, assume responsibility for, as in Go ahead to the movies, I'll take care of parking the car , or They've hired someone to take care of the children for a week . [Late 1500s]
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Beat up or kill someone, as in If he didn't pay up they threatened to take care of him and his family . [ Slang ; c. 1930]
Example Sentences
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They are telling her they will take care of her, yet they do not visit or help now.
From MarketWatch
Depending on where she lives, you could find an assisted-living facility for $65,000–$100,000 a year, which would be preferable to moving to an unfamiliar place to live in a home near your sibling who, even if she did have the time to take care of your mother, does not have the medical expertise to manage a person with mid- to late-state dementia.
From MarketWatch
“I don’t even have to say, like, ‘Make sure to take care of him with solid portions’,” he said.
To that end, one of the union’s demands in negotiations is to limit the use of AI, which could take over rote tasks for nurses and free them to take care of patients.
“We won’t be replacing them. We can’t afford that. We can barely take care of the cemetery,” Ms. Bishop says.
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