take care of (something)

To "take care of" something means to do do or handle it. You can use "take care of" like this:

I'll take care of the dishes. You just sit down and relax.

You can also say that something "has been taken care of", which means that it's already done by someone else and you don't need to worry about it:

My flight and hotel reservation have already been taken care of.

This phrase appears in these lessons: