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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
see about (third-person singular simple present sees about, present participle seeing about, simple past saw about, past participle seen about) (transitive)
- To take care of; to attend to; to check up on.
- I'll see about that when the time comes.
- 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 38, in Nick, New York, Boston, London: Little, Brown and Company, page 188:
- His father would come into the bedroom randomly during the day, leaving the saloon to come home and see about him and to try and get his mother to take a break.
- To inform oneself about; to come to know of; to look for.
- We'll see about that!
- I have to see about a good doctor.
- To contact (someone); to meet (someone) and talk to them about.
- See your supervisor about the incident!
Translations[edit]
take care of — see take care of