look aftersomeone/something
phrasal verbwithlookverbuk/lʊk/us/lʊk/
A2
to takecareof or be inchargeof someone or something:
Welookafter theneighbours'catwhile they're away.
If youlookafteryourclothesthey last a lotlonger.
Don'tworryabout Mia - she canlookafter herself.
to take care of someone or something
- care forShe had to give up her job to care for her elderly mother.
- take care ofI just want to make enough money to take care of my family.
- look afterMy aunt looked after me after my parents died.
- nurseHe nursed me back to health.
- tendHe lived a quiet life, tending his garden and his hives.
- I need someonedependabletolookafter thechildrenwhile I'm atwork.
- It wasbecomingincreasinglyapparentthat he could nolongerlookafter himself.
- It was abitsillyof him toaskacompletestrangertolookafter hisluggage.
- Thispenshould last (you) alifetimeif youlookafter it.
- Ithinklookingafter herelderlymotherisquiteadrainon herenergy.
Medical treatment: treating & caring for people
- aggressively
- bed blocker
- bed-blocking
- birth tourism
- bring
- clinic
- logroll
- logrolling
- medical tourism
- minister
- minister tosomeone
- nurse
- patch
- respite care
- self-care
- setsomethingup
- soother
- takesomethingin
- tend
- treat