see about

verb

1. to take care of; look after

   he couldn't see about the matter because he was ill

2. to investigate; enquire into

   to see about a new car

Idioms and Phrases

Also, see to . Attend to, take care of, as in I'll see about the refreshments if you'll handle the tickets , or Will you see to the outdoor chores? The variant is also put as see to it , as in Yes, I'll see to it that everything's done . [First half of 1800s]

Investigate, as in I'm not sure, but I'll see about the cost of renting a van . Also see look into .

Example Sentences

Their experience as a young family, Brown said, differs from the message she thinks a lot of young people see about how they should structure their lives.

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The Sahara Desert showed the largest increase at 75%, while southeastern Africa could see about 25% more rainfall and south-central Africa about 17% more.

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The trial would involve more than 6,000 patients with an unknown diagnosis, and would see about 40 trial sites set up at hospitals across England, Scotland and Wales.

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"What we saw experimentally actually works. And as it gets bigger, it still works. All the attributes that we see about moving gigantic ones only get more and more consistent the bigger and bigger they get, because it becomes the only way you could move it."

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The IDF's Chief of Staff, Lt Gen Eyal Zamir, has urged Netanyahu to accept a current proposal from regional mediators that would see about half of them released during a 60-day truce.

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