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

"We're going to take care of all of them step by step, just like we did in DC. We have virtually no crime in DC right now, and we're going to keep it that way," he said, noting that he still has his sights set on Chicago and St Louis, Missouri.

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

An unsupportive partner can sabotage a woman’s career, and a man who believes that it’s a woman’s job to take care of the children and the household is a man who is not going to do his fair share of those tasks.

From Slate

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

From BBC

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