take care of

1. 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]

2. 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

“They all said, ‘Don’t worry about a thing, take care of yourself, get yourself well.

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

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“You’ll take care of us?” growled Shadow.

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“No, Barb and I will take care of you.”

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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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