take care of
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take care of
verb takes care of · taking care of · took care of · taken care of
- To look after, to care for. My elderly mother needs to be taken care of.
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To deal with, handle.
Can somebody take care of the customers while I clean this mess?
Similar: attend to
- To kill. In the motion picture ‘The Godfather’, gangster Virgil Sollozzo took care of Luca Brasi by having him strangled.
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verb look after
| Español | cuidar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 照顧 /照顾 zhàogù |
| हिन्दी | देखभाल करना dekhbhāl karnā |
| Kiswahili | kutunza |
| Português | cuidar |
| Français | soigner, prendre soin de, s'occuper de |
| Deutsch | sich kümmern um, pflegen |
| Italiano | badare, prendersi cura, stare dietro |
| Ελληνικά | φροντίζω frontízo, νοιάζομαι noiázomai |
| Русский | забо́титься zabótitʹsja, позабо́титься pozabótitʹsja, присма́тривать prismátrivatʹ, присмотре́ть prismotrétʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | chăm sóc, săn sóc |
| עברית | טִפֵּל tipél |
verb deal with
| Español | ocuparse de, encargarse de, cuidar de, tener a su cuidado |
|---|---|
| Português | cuidar |
| Français | s'occuper de |
| Deutsch | sich kümmern um |
| Italiano | ci penso io |
| Русский | занима́ться zanimátʹsja, заня́ться zanjátʹsja |
| עברית | טִפֵּל tipél |
verb kill
| Español | encargarse de |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 幹掉 /干掉 gàndiào |
| Português | cuidar de |
| Deutsch | erledigen |
| Русский | разбира́ться razbirátʹsja, разобра́ться razobrátʹsja |
| Tiếng Việt | xử |
Talk about this word "take care of." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/take%20care%20of. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. take care of. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/take%20care%20of "take care of." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/take%20care%20of.Cite this
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title = {take care of},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/take%20care%20of},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
