care
‘care’
If you care about something, you feel that it is very important or interesting, and you are concerned about it.
All he cares about is birds.
I'm too old to care what I look like.
If you don't care about something, it doesn't matter to you.
She didn't care what they thought.
Who cares where she is?
‘care for’
If you care for people or animals, you look after them.
You must learn how to care for children.
With so many new animals to care for, larger premises were needed.
‘take care’
To take care of someone or something or take good care of them means to look after them.
It is certainly normal for a mother to want to take care of her own baby.
He takes good care of my goats.
Be careful
Don't say that someone ‘takes care about’ someone else or ‘takes a good care of’ them.
Don't say that someone ‘takes care about’ someone else or ‘takes a good care of’ them.
If you take care of a task or situation, you deal with it.
There was business to be taken care of.
If you'd prefer, they can take care of their own breakfast.
You also use take care when you are telling someone to be careful about something.
Take care what you tell him.
Take great care not to spill the mixture.
Take care is another way of saying goodbye.
‘Night, night, Mr Beamish,’ called Chloe. ‘Take care.’