phrasal
1.
a. : to attend to the needs, operation, or treatment of
takes care of a ten-room house without help
is home taking care of a sick child
each operator can take care of three machines
family doctor who had been taking care of them for 20 years
b. : to provide for
five dollars should take care of unavoidable tips
has his aged parents to take care of
little steamers take care of transportation — Samuel Van Valkenburg & Ellsworth Huntington
2.
a. : to deal with
a change in the draft law to take care of draftees who refuse to answer loyalty questions — Newsweek
a clerk takes care of routine inquiries
b. : to dispose of
take care of the rubbish
ordinary ventilation will automatically take care of the excess carbon dioxide — H.G.Armstrong
the “longest lake entirely within New England” (that takes care of Lake Champlain) — R.S.Monahan
c.
(1) : fix
could be counted on to take care of a traffic ticket
the cops were well taken care of; the joint was running wide open — W.L.Gresham
(2) : kill
they take another inmate … and they tell him to take care of me and they'll take good care of him for it — Workers Defense Bulletin