TAKE CARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does take care mean? 

• TAKE CARE (verb)
  The verb TAKE CARE has 3 senses:

1. be careful, prudent, or watchful

2. be in charge of or deal with

3. take charge of or deal with

  Familiarity information: TAKE CARE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAKE CARE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be careful, prudent, or watchful

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

Take care when you cross the street!

Hypernyms (to "take care" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be in charge of or deal with

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

mind; take care

Context example:

She takes care of all the necessary arrangements

Hypernyms (to "take care" is one way to...):

care; deal; handle; manage (be in charge of, act on, or dispose of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take care"):

tend (manage or run)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 3

Meaning:

Take charge of or deal with

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

attend; look; see; take care

Context example:

She took care of this business

Hypernyms (to "take care" is one way to...):

care; give care (provide care for)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take care"):

minister (attend to the wants and needs of others)

tend (have care of or look after)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

Oh, take care of them for me, and if anything should happen...

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“You had better give it to me to take care of,” he said.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

By all means, my dear, cried Mrs Musgrove, go home directly, and take care of yourself, that you may be fit for the evening.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Never fear—I will take care of myself.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

It's important to take care of your mouth and teeth starting in childhood.

(Dental Health, NIH: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research)

Acute pain lets you know that you may be injured or have a problem you need to take care of.

(Chronic Pain, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

It's important to take care of yourself.

(Alzheimer's Caregivers, NIH: National Institute on Aging)

People with MCI can take care of themselves and do their normal activities.

(Mild Cognitive Impairment, NIH: National Institute on Aging)

Once you take care of the problem, pain usually goes away.

(Pain, NIH)

“He’s big enough to take care of himself.”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)