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[ verb ] be careful, prudent, or watchful

Examples

"Take care when you cross the street!"

Used in print

(Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)

Care should be taken to see that the hands are placed on the floor before the kick starts and also that the landing foot is brought as close to the hands as possible .

Related terms

act

2
[ verb ] be in charge of or deal with

Synonyms

mind

Examples

"She takes care of all the necessary arrangements"

Used in print

(Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)

He then sold her some capsules that he asserted would take_care of the tumors and cysts until she could collect the money for buying his machine .

(Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)

I suppose the reason is a kind of wishful_thinking : do n't talk_about the final stages of Reconstruction and they will take_care of themselves .

(Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)

More aerial and underground equipment was installed as_well as office improvements to take_care of the expanding business .

(Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)

`` I can take_care of this .

Related terms

manage tend mind

3
[ verb ] take charge of or deal with

Synonyms

see attend look

Examples

"Could you see about lunch?" "I must attend to this matter" "She took care of this business"

Used in print

(Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)

If it is owned , taxes must be paid , and if the place is not free_of mortgage , there will be interest and payments on the principal to take_care of .

Related terms

care tend minister tend care

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