take care

1. Be careful, use caution, as in Take care or you will slip on the ice . [Late 1500s]

2. Good-bye, as in I have to go now; take care . This apparent abbreviation of take care of yourself is used both orally and in writing, where it sometimes replaces the conventional Sincerely or Love in signing off correspondence. [ Colloquial ; 1960s]

Example Sentences

People have been encouraged to secure loose items outside their homes and gardens, check for delays and road closures and take care near the coast.

From BBC

Taking this step requires her to go to war with her “inner Latina critic,” who reminds her of the code of her blood: “We take care of our own.”

From Los Angeles Times

Then he had to take care of final preparations for Crescenta Valley to open its new stadium on Sept. 5.

From Los Angeles Times

He wrote: “Let us take care that we allow that tree to grow and blossom as it feeds on the lifeblood of Charles J. Kirk in the years to come.”

From Los Angeles Times

"I urge everyone," he said, "take care of yourselves. Evacuate to safer regions of Ukraine!"

From BBC

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