Meanings
verbhave a care (third-person singular simple present has a care, present participle having a care, simple past and past participle had a care)
present singular third person has a care · participle present having a care · participle past had a care · past had a care
- datedimperativetake care; be on one's guard
"If I don't have a care," reflected Lady Bell in alarm, and with the crude unmincing expression of opinion which belonged to her years and her generation, "I'll soon be as great a brute as Trevor."
1874, Sarah Tytler, Lady Bell: A Story of the Last Century, page 82
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