"take care of" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-take care of.ogg [Australia] Forms: takes care of [present, singular, third-person], taking care of [participle, present], took care of [past], taken care of [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> care of}} take care of (third-person singular simple present takes care of, present participle taking care of, simple past took care of, past participle taken care of)
  1. (transitive) To look after, to provide care for. Tags: transitive Synonyms (look after): care for, nurse Derived forms: take care of business, take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves, take care of yourself Translations (look after): κομίζω (komízō) (Ancient Greek), խնամել (xnamel) (Armenian), tenir cura de (Catalan), cuidar (Catalan), 照顧 (Chinese Cantonese), 照顾 (ziu³ gu³) (Chinese Cantonese), 照顧 (Chinese Mandarin), 照顾 (zhàogù) (Chinese Mandarin), zorgen voor (Dutch), flegi (english: nurse) (Esperanto), huolehtia (Finnish), soigner (French), prendre soin de (French), s’occuper de (French), coidar (Galician), sich kümmern um (German), pflegen (German), טִפֵּל (tipél) (Hebrew), gondoskodik (Hungarian), ellát (Hungarian), ápol (Hungarian), gondját viseli (Hungarian), tabhair aire do (Irish), badare (Italian), prendersi cura (Italian), stare dietro (Italian), kudiar (Ladino), cūrō (Latin), hwangalia (Ngazidja Comorian), dbać [imperfective] (Polish), cuidar (Portuguese), забо́титься (zabótitʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), позабо́титься (pozabótitʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), присма́тривать (prismátrivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), присмотре́ть (prismotrétʹ) [perfective] (Russian), brinuti se o (Serbo-Croatian), starati se (Serbo-Croatian), cuidar (Spanish), kutunza (Swahili), ta hand om (Swedish), yärp- (Tocharian B)
    Sense id: en-take_care_of-en-verb-xTOr3A-L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English light verb constructions, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 7 15 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 80 6 14 Disambiguation of English light verb constructions: 73 8 19 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 80 6 15 Disambiguation of 'look after': 80 20 0 Disambiguation of 'look after': 80 20 0
  2. (transitive) To deal with, handle. Tags: transitive Synonyms (handle): attend to Translations (deal with): hoitaa (Finnish), s’occuper de (French), sich kümmern um (German), טִפֵּל (tipél) (Hebrew), törődik (Hungarian), foglalkozik (Hungarian), ellát (Hungarian), kiszolgál (Hungarian), ci penso io (Italian), como (Latin), souongni dé (Norman), załatwiać [imperfective] (Polish), załatwić [perfective] (Polish), cuidar (Portuguese), занима́ться (zanimátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), заня́ться (zanjátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), pobrinuti se za (Serbo-Croatian), ocuparse de (Spanish), encargarse de (Spanish), cuidar de (Spanish), tener a su cuidado (Spanish), ta itu med (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-take_care_of-en-verb-hoFtsYyi Disambiguation of 'handle': 0 100 0 Disambiguation of 'deal with': 22 78 0
  3. (transitive, slang, euphemistic) To kill. Tags: euphemistic, slang, transitive Synonyms (kill (slang)): bump off, knock off, wax Translations (kill): 搞掂 (gaau² dim⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 幹掉 (Chinese Mandarin), 干掉 (gàndiào) (Chinese Mandarin), hoidella (Finnish), erledigen (German), eltesz láb alól (Hungarian), occido (Latin), macto (Latin), caedo (Latin), neco (Latin), załatwiać [imperfective] (Polish), załatwić [perfective] (Polish), cuidar de (Portuguese), разбира́ться (razbirátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), разобра́ться (razobrátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), encargarse de (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-take_care_of-en-verb-HgcD5W8d Categories (other): English euphemisms Disambiguation of 'kill (slang)': 9 5 86 Disambiguation of 'kill': 0 0 100

Inflected forms

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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "look after",
          "word": "prendersi cura"
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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "word": "kutunza"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "look after",
          "word": "ta hand om"
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          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "look after",
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          "text": "Can somebody take care of the customers while I clean this mess?",
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          "ref": "2023 February 4, Katie Rogers, quoting Joe Biden, “Look! Up in the Sky! It’s a … Chinese Spy Balloon?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "People had time to think up some questions, including reporters who shouted “Are you going to shoot down the balloon?” at President Biden shortly before the dirigible came down. “We’re going to take care of it,” the president told reporters in Syracuse, N.Y., where he was visiting family.",
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          "_dis1": "22 78 0",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "deal with",
          "word": "hoitaa"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "word": "s’occuper de"
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          "code": "de",
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          "word": "sich kümmern um"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "tipél",
          "sense": "deal with",
          "word": "טִפֵּל"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "deal with",
          "word": "törődik"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "word": "foglalkozik"
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          "word": "ellát"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "deal with",
          "word": "ci penso io"
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          "_dis1": "22 78 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "deal with",
          "word": "como"
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          "word": "cuidar"
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          "roman": "zanimátʹsja",
          "sense": "deal with",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "заня́ться"
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          "_dis1": "9 5 86",
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          "code": "yue",
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          "sense": "kill",
          "word": "搞掂"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "gàndiào",
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          "word": "hoidella"
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        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "kill",
          "word": "erledigen"
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          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "kill",
          "word": "eltesz láb alól"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
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          "word": "occido"
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          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "kill",
          "word": "macto"
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      "sense": "look after",
      "word": "խնամել"
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      "sense": "look after",
      "word": "tenir cura de"
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      "word": "cuidar"
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      "sense": "look after",
      "word": "照顧"
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      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ziu³ gu³",
      "sense": "look after",
      "word": "照顾"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "look after",
      "word": "照顧"
    },
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      "sense": "look after",
      "word": "照顾"
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      "word": "zorgen voor"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "look after",
      "word": "flegi"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "look after",
      "word": "huolehtia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "look after",
      "word": "soigner"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "look after",
      "word": "prendre soin de"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "look after",
      "word": "s’occuper de"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "look after",
      "word": "coidar"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "look after",
      "word": "sich kümmern um"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "look after",
      "word": "pflegen"
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      "sense": "look after",
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      "roman": "tipél",
      "sense": "look after",
      "word": "טִפֵּל"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "look after",
      "word": "gondoskodik"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "look after",
      "word": "ellát"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "look after",
      "word": "ápol"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "gondját viseli"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "look after",
      "word": "tabhair aire do"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "look after",
      "word": "badare"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "look after",
      "word": "prendersi cura"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "look after",
      "word": "stare dietro"
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    {
      "code": "lad",
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      "sense": "look after",
      "word": "kudiar"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "look after",
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      "sense": "look after",
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      "sense": "look after",
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      "word": "cuidar"
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      "sense": "look after",
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      "word": "hoitaa"
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      "sense": "deal with",
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      "sense": "deal with",
      "word": "sich kümmern um"
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "deal with",
      "word": "טִפֵּל"
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      "sense": "deal with",
      "word": "törődik"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "deal with",
      "word": "foglalkozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "deal with",
      "word": "ellát"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "deal with",
      "word": "kiszolgál"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "deal with",
      "word": "ci penso io"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "deal with",
      "word": "como"
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      "code": "nrf",
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      "sense": "deal with",
      "word": "souongni dé"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "deal with",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "deal with",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "załatwić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "deal with",
      "word": "cuidar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zanimátʹsja",
      "sense": "deal with",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "занима́ться"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zanjátʹsja",
      "sense": "deal with",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "заня́ться"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "deal with",
      "word": "pobrinuti se za"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "deal with",
      "word": "ocuparse de"
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      "sense": "deal with",
      "word": "encargarse de"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "deal with",
      "word": "cuidar de"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "deal with",
      "word": "tener a su cuidado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "deal with",
      "word": "ta itu med"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gaau² dim⁶",
      "sense": "kill",
      "word": "搞掂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "kill",
      "word": "幹掉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gàndiào",
      "sense": "kill",
      "word": "干掉"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "kill",
      "word": "hoidella"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "kill",
      "word": "erledigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "kill",
      "word": "eltesz láb alól"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "kill",
      "word": "occido"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "kill",
      "word": "macto"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "kill",
      "word": "caedo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "kill",
      "word": "neco"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "kill",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "załatwiać"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "kill",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "załatwić"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "kill",
      "word": "cuidar de"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razbirátʹsja",
      "sense": "kill",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разбира́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razobrátʹsja",
      "sense": "kill",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "разобра́ться"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "kill",
      "word": "encargarse de"
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}

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