Meanings
present singular third person takes care of · participle present taking care of · past took care of · participle past taken care of
- transitiveTo look after, to care for.
My elderly mother needs to be taken care of.
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I'd take care of you if you'd ask me to / In a year or two
2010, “Take Care”, in Victoria Legrand (lyrics), Teen Dream, performed by Beach House - transitiveTo deal with, handle.
Can somebody take care of the customers while I clean this mess?
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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, →ISSNSynonyms: attend to
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo deal with, handle.
Translations
Ancient Greek κομίζω
- κομίζω (komízō)look after
Catalan tenir cura de, cuidar
- tenir cura delook after
- cuidarlook after
Chinese Cantonese 照顧 /照顾, 搞掂
- 照顧 /照顾 (ziu³ gu³)look after
- 搞掂 (gaau² dim⁶)kill
Chinese Mandarin 照顧 /照顾, 幹掉 /干掉
- 照顧 /照顾 (zhàogù)look after
- 幹掉 /干掉 (gàndiào)kill
Dutch zorgen voor
- zorgen voorlook after
Esperanto varti, flegi
- vartilook after
- flegilook after
Finnish huolehtia, hoitaa
- huolehtialook after
- hoitaadeal with
- hoidellakill
French soigner, prendre soin de
- soignerlook after
- prendre soin delook after
- s'occuper delook after
- s'occuper dedeal with
German sich kümmern um, pflegen
- sich kümmern umlook after
- pflegenlook after
- sich kümmern umdeal with
- erledigenkill
Greek φροντίζω, νοιάζομαι
- φροντίζω (frontízo)look after
- νοιάζομαι (noiázomai)look after
Hebrew טִפֵּל, טִפֵּל
- טִפֵּל (tipél)look after
- טִפֵּל (tipél)deal with
Hindi देखभाल करना
- देखभाल करना (dekhbhāl karnā)look after
Hungarian gondoskodik, ellát
- gondoskodiklook after
- ellátlook after
- ápollook after
- gondját viselilook after
- törődikdeal with
- foglalkozikdeal with
- ellátdeal with
- kiszolgáldeal with
- intézdeal with
- eltesz láb alólkill
Irish tabhair aire do
- tabhair aire dolook after
Italian badare, prendersi cura
- badarelook after
- prendersi curalook after
- stare dietrolook after
- ci penso iodeal with
Latin cūrō, como
- cūrōlook after
- comodeal with
- occidokill
- mactokill
- caedokill
- necokill
Persian پرستاری کردن, رسیدگی کردن
- پرستاری کردنlook after
- رسیدگی کردنdeal with
Polish dbać, zadbać
- dbaćlook after
- zadbaćlook after
- zajmować sięlook after
- zająć sięlook after
- opiekować sięlook after
- zaopiekować sięlook after
- załatwiaćdeal with
- załatwićdeal with
- załatwiaćkill
- załatwićkill
Portuguese cuidar, cuidar
- cuidarlook after
- cuidardeal with
- cuidar dekill
Russian забо́титься, позабо́титься
- забо́титься (zabótitʹsja)look after
- позабо́титься (pozabótitʹsja)look after
- присма́тривать (prismátrivatʹ)look after
- присмотре́ть (prismotrétʹ)look after
- занима́ться (zanimátʹsja)deal with
- заня́ться (zanjátʹsja)deal with
- разбира́ться (razbirátʹsja)kill
- разобра́ться (razobrátʹsja)kill
Spanish cuidar, ocuparse de
- cuidarlook after
- ocuparse dedeal with
- encargarse dedeal with
- cuidar dedeal with
- tener a su cuidadodeal with
- encargarse dekill
Swahili kutunza
- kutunzalook after
Swedish ta hand om, ta itu med
- ta hand omlook after
- ta itu meddeal with
Turkish bakmak, icabına bakmak
- bakmaklook after
- icabına bakmakkill
Vietnamese chăm sóc, săn sóc
- chăm sóclook after
- săn sóclook after
- xửkill
Cite this entry
take care of. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20care%20of
“take care of.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20care%20of. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take care of,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20care%20of.
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