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

And I think that has allowed us to really take care of each other on this crazy, wonderful ride that we’re on.

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Ronan: What I have always taken with me along the journey is the people that I met along the way when I was a child who took the time to take care of me, to have a life with me, to support me, to just be like brothers and sisters to me, essentially.

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Miami is starting to wake up a little bit, though, and should be able to take care of business at home.

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“One of the less spoken about things in show business is, the more success you have, the more people who make money off you, the less encouraged you are to take care of your mental health. I have a particularly good team, I’d say,” they said.

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There’s no doubt the Dodgers will take care of him before the final year of his contract, but it would be nice if it happened soon enough to have an impact with potential incoming free agents.

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