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take care of
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- care
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| definition 1: |
to focus concerned attention on; be responsible for the welfare of.
The grandmother takes care of the children when their mother is at work.The clinic takes care of various types of patients.Those boots will last a long time if you take care of them.- synonyms:
- attend, minister, nurture, protect, watch
- similar words:
- cherish, guard, keep, look after, mother, nurse, support, tend
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| definition 2: |
to attend to; take action for.
He took care of dinner while his wife rested.I'm sure we can easily take care of that problem.- synonyms:
- attend
- similar words:
- maintain, make, oversee, prepare, ready
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| related words: |
come to grips with, hold, maintain, nurse, nurture, rear, secure, sustain, transact, treat, tutor, watch |
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