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

“It will take care of itself for a while, but not forever.”

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"Not doing well mentally, going through anxiety. I knew I had to show up and God took care of everything," said the batter, after her third ODI century.

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Should he win next week’s election and become a standard-bearer of sorts for the Democrats, Republicans need to take care not to make the same mistake.

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Not much discussion of financial planning is geared toward how to take care of other people and how to make it possible for them to care for you.

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I was like, “Well, honey, I take care of my family, and I ain’t come from no money.”

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