Dictionary

take care of en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (transitive) To look after, to care for.
   • My elderly mother needs to be taken care of.
2. (transitive) To deal with, handle.
   • Can somebody take care of the customers while I clean this mess?
   • 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. 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:
3. (euphemistic, slang, transitive) To kill.
   • In the motion picture ‘The Godfather’, gangster Virgil Sollozzo took care of Luca Brasi by having him strangled.

Forms

Deriveds

take care of yourself · take care of business · take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves

Synonyms

knock off (kill (slang)) · attend to (handle) · bump off (kill (slang)) · nurse (look after) · wax (kill (slang)) · care for (look after)

Translations (94)

hu foglalkozik (deal with) · hi देखभाल करना (look after) · pl załatwić (kill) · sh starati se (look after) · la occido (kill) · it badare (look after) · hu gondoskodik (look after) · ca tenir cura de (look after) · es ocuparse de (deal with) · it ci penso io (deal with) · pt cuidar (look after) · sh pobrinuti se za (deal with) · fr s'occuper de (look after) · pl dbać (look after) · vi săn sóc (look after) · sv ta itu med (deal with) · tr icabına bakmak (kill) · fa پرستاری کردن (look after) · ru разбира́ться (kill) · de sich kümmern um (look after) · pl załatwić (deal with) · txb yärp- (look after) · ru разобра́ться (kill) · ru позабо́титься (look after) · pl zajmować się (look after) · es cuidar (look after) · la macto (kill) · ga tabhair aire do (look after) · nl zorgen voor (look after) · cmn 幹掉 /干掉 (kill) · tr bakmak (look after) · la neco (kill) · fi hoitaa (deal with) · ru присмотре́ть (look after) · pl opiekować się (look after) · ug ئاسرىماق (look after) · es cuidar de (deal with) · sv ta hand om (look after) · hu kiszolgál (deal with) · yue 照顧 /照顾 (look after) · ru присма́тривать (look after) · es encargarse de (deal with) · fr s'occuper de (deal with) · hu törődik (deal with) · it prendersi cura (look after) · yue 搞掂 (kill) · pl załatwiać (deal with) · ru забо́титься (look after) · de erledigen (kill) · fi huolehtia (look after) · fr prendre soin de (look after) · eo flegi (look after) · de sich kümmern um (deal with) · he טִפֵּל (deal with) · pt cuidar (deal with) · fr soigner (look after) · zdj hwangalia (look after) · hu gondját viseli (look after) · vi xử (kill) · lad kudiar (look after) · gl coidar (look after) · pl zadbać (look after) · hu ellát (look after) · es tener a su cuidado (deal with) · cmn 照顧 /照顾 (look after) · eo varti (look after) · pl zająć się (look after) · fa رسیدگی کردن (deal with) · hu intéz (deal with) · el φροντίζω (look after) · pt cuidar de (kill) · fi hoidella (kill) · es encargarse de (kill) · hu ápol (look after) · hu eltesz láb alól (kill) · hu ellát (deal with) · nrf souongni dé (deal with) · sw kutunza (look after) · sh brinuti se o (look after) · la como (deal with) · vi chăm sóc (look after) · ru заня́ться (deal with) · ru занима́ться (deal with) · grc κομίζω (look after) · pl zaopiekować się (look after) · el νοιάζομαι (look after) · la cūrō (look after) · he טִפֵּל (look after) · it stare dietro (look after) · de pflegen (look after) · hy խնամել (look after) · la caedo (kill) · pl załatwiać (kill) · ca cuidar (look after)