take care of

Verb

Meaning

(transitive) To look after, to provide care for.
My elderly mother needs to be taken care of.

(transitive) To deal with, handle.
Can somebody take care of the customers while I clean this mess?

(transitive, slang, euphemistic) To kill.
In the motion picture ‘The Godfather’, gangster Virgil Sollozzo took care of Luca Brasi by having him strangled.

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Take care of your enemies and pray for them because they don't know what they are doing. Pavle (Serbian)

There are few people with whom you can sit and bare your soul. Take care of them! Source: Internet

Take care of yourselves for the sake of your children! No one else will love them the way you do... Source: Internet

Take care of your pennies and your dollars will take care of your widow's next husband. American Proverb

Take care of the dimes and the dollars will take care of themselves. American Proverb

Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves. Darkovan Proverb

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