Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

take care of

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.40 in modern English

Syllables: take -care of
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To look after, to care for.

Transitive verb

verb

To deal with, handle.

Transitive verb

verb

To kill.

Slang; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"My elderly mother needs to be taken care of."
"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."
"In the motion picture ‘The Godfather’, gangster Virgil Sollozzo took care of Luca Brasi by having him strangled."

Usage

Inflected Forms

takes care of (present, singular) taking care of (participle, present) took care of (past) taken care of (participle, past)

Phrases

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

Synonyms

care for nurse attend to bump off knock off wax

Questions

What does take care of mean?: To look after, to care for.

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