take care
Idioms-
Be careful, use caution, as in Take care or you will slip on the ice . [Late 1500s]
-
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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"That's why it is we who are supposed to take care of OUR land."
From Barron's
“Their approach has changed, so we must prepare for all possibilities. We must take care of ourselves.”
“Who do you think took care of you when you were a baby and had to eat every two hours, Bat?”
From Literature
However, that didn't take care of his current problem.
From Literature
“Everything that’s already living here is so beautiful. It just needs to be like taken care of,” Stewart said.
From Los Angeles Times
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
