"see to it" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sees to it",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seeing to it",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saw to it",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seen to it",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "see<,,saw,seen> to it"
      },
      "expansion": "see to it (third-person singular simple present sees to it, present participle seeing to it, simple past saw to it, past participle seen to it)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (to)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with placeholder \"it\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Would you please see to it that the kitchen is clean before I get home?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The security team saw to it that she arrived safely.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 May 5, Danette Chavez, “Campaigns are Waged On and Off the Game Of Thrones Battlefield (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2021-01-28",
          "text": "As Daenerys has floundered, Sansa has seen to it that people are fed and sheltered—and how many times have we been reminded that those are the concerns of most folk in Westeros and elsewhere?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ensure or guarantee (that something happens)"
      ],
      "id": "en-see_to_it-en-verb-wXp~gtxm",
      "links": [
        [
          "ensure",
          "ensure"
        ],
        [
          "guarantee",
          "guarantee"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To ensure or guarantee (that something happens)"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "to"
        },
        {
          "word": "that"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ensure"
        },
        {
          "word": "make sure"
        },
        {
          "word": "attend to"
        },
        {
          "word": "take care of"
        },
        {
          "word": "guarantee"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prosledítʹ",
          "sense": "to ensure",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "проследи́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prokontrolírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to ensure",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "проконтроли́ровать"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prinjátʹ méry",
          "sense": "to ensure",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "приня́ть ме́ры"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "prostéžyty",
          "sense": "to ensure",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "просте́жити"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "see to it"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sees to it",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seeing to it",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saw to it",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seen to it",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "see<,,saw,seen> to it"
      },
      "expansion": "see to it (third-person singular simple present sees to it, present participle seeing to it, simple past saw to it, past participle seen to it)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "to"
    },
    {
      "word": "that"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (to)",
        "English terms with placeholder \"it\"",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Would you please see to it that the kitchen is clean before I get home?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The security team saw to it that she arrived safely.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 May 5, Danette Chavez, “Campaigns are Waged On and Off the Game Of Thrones Battlefield (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2021-01-28",
          "text": "As Daenerys has floundered, Sansa has seen to it that people are fed and sheltered—and how many times have we been reminded that those are the concerns of most folk in Westeros and elsewhere?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ensure or guarantee (that something happens)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ensure",
          "ensure"
        ],
        [
          "guarantee",
          "guarantee"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To ensure or guarantee (that something happens)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ensure"
        },
        {
          "word": "make sure"
        },
        {
          "word": "attend to"
        },
        {
          "word": "take care of"
        },
        {
          "word": "guarantee"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prosledítʹ",
      "sense": "to ensure",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "проследи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prokontrolírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to ensure",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "проконтроли́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prinjátʹ méry",
      "sense": "to ensure",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "приня́ть ме́ры"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prostéžyty",
      "sense": "to ensure",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "просте́жити"
    }
  ],
  "word": "see to it"
}