taking care of

Verb

take care of (third-person singular simple present takes care of, present participle taking care of, simple past took care of, past participle taken care of)

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

   Synonyms:

   care for, nurse

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

   Synonyms:

   attend to

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

   Synonyms:

   bump off, knock off, wax