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take care ofto be responsible for or look after someone or something

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to be responsible for or look after someone or something

Pronunciation (IPA): /teɪk kɛr ʌv/

Example Sentences

  • My robot vacuum takes care of the cleaning while I binge-watch Netflix.
  • The babysitter will take care of the children tonight.
  • Don't worry, I'll take care of your plants while you're on vacation - they might even survive!

take care of

VERB

[/teɪk kɛr ʌv/]

to be responsible for or look after someone or something

a gentle mother carefully spoons warm soup into a bowl while her young child sits wrapped in a blanket at the kitchen table. She checks the child's forehead with her hand to feel for fever. The child looks tired but grateful as steam rises from the freshly prepared soup. The mother places the bowl in front of the child and sits down beside them with a caring smile. Other family members quietly help by bringing tissues and medicine from the background.  someone taking complete responsibility for another person's wellbeing and comfort
💡 Concept

a gentle mother carefully spoons warm soup into a bowl while her young child sits wrapped in a blanket at the kitchen table. She checks the child's forehead with her hand to feel for fever. The child looks tired but grateful as steam rises from the freshly prepared soup. The mother places the bowl in front of the child and sits down beside them with a caring smile. Other family members quietly help by bringing tissues and medicine from the background. someone taking complete responsibility for another person's wellbeing and comfort

Take care of others, learn to share what you bear!
🎵 Rhyme

Take care of others, learn to share what you bear!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/teɪk kɛr ʌv/
🇬🇧 UK/teɪk kɛə ʌv/

🌳Etymology

🎵Rhyme

caresharebearwear
care
share
bear
wear

🔗Collocations

take good care of
take care of business
take care of yourself
take care of the details
take care of the problem

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My robot vacuum takes care of the cleaning while I binge-watch Netflix.

The babysitter will take care of the children tonight.

😄 Fun example

Don't worry, I'll take care of your plants while you're on vacation - they might even survive!

The insurance company will take care of all medical expenses.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

look afterattend tocare formanagehandle

Antonyms

neglectabandonignore

Related

responsibilitycaregivernurturemaintainsupervise

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