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attend to

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attend to someone or something
to take care of the needs of someone or something; to respond to a request or demand from someone or something. Please attend to your wounded friend. Would you please attend to the action points of this memo?

attend to someone

to listen to someone. Please attend to your teacher's instructions. Attend to the announcement of the new flight departure time.

attend to somebody
to give care to someone who is ill Malone flew home to attend to his wife, who was in the hospital.

attend to something

to deal with something Firefighters attended to a smoking car outside the building.


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It was quite late in the evening when the little Moss came snugly to anchor, and Queequeg and I went ashore; so we could attend to no business that day, at least none but a supper and a bed.
But I can't do with you, Helen,' was his answer: 'as long as you stay I shall attend to you and neglect my business.
"I won't like you if you run me against a brick wall," she said, as the machine rasped up against the curb "Do attend to the steering.
 
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