looking after
Minding someone's welfare
Looking after means taking care of someone or something, assuming responsibility for their wellbeing or maintenance.
You look after children, elderly parents, pets, or plants.
The phrase implies ongoing attention rather than a single act: Who's looking after the dog while you're away?
She spent years looking after her ailing mother.
Attending to needs
- tendingCaring for or inclining
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
- mindingAttending to carefully
- watchingActively looking at something
babysitting · childcare · eldercare · nursing · fostering · parenting · rearing · raising
Preventing harm or loss
- guardingActively protecting something
- watching overGuarding or protecting attentively
- shieldingProtecting from harm
- defendingProtecting against harm
securing · preserving · sheltering · sanctuary · safekeeping · vigilance · watchfulness · supervision
Ongoing preservation effort
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- housekeepingDomestic cleaning and upkeep
- groundskeepingOutdoor area maintenance practice
- cleaningRemoving dirt and mess
repairs · servicing · preserving · managing · handling · administering · stewardship · custodianship
caretaking
Attending to needs
watching · babysitting · childcare · eldercare · nursing · fostering · parenting · rearing · raising · homecare
safeguarding
Preventing harm or loss
- guardingActively protecting something
- watching overGuarding or protecting attentively
- shieldingProtecting from harm
defending · securing · preserving · sheltering · sanctuary · safekeeping · vigilance · watchfulness · supervision · monitoring
upkeep
Ongoing preservation effort
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- housekeepingDomestic cleaning and upkeep
- groundskeepingOutdoor area maintenance practice
cleaning · repairs · servicing · preserving · managing · handling · administering · stewardship · custodianship · gardening
- caregivingcaregiver, take care, nurture, compassionate care, watch over
- watching overguarding, protecting, monitoring, supervising, minding
- waiting onserving, attending, assisting, catering, helping
looking afterneglecting
Failing to attend to
ignoring · abandoning · disregarding · forsaking · deserting
looking afterharming
Causing injury or damage
endangering · mistreating · abusing · hurting · damaging
looking afterabandoning
Leaving permanently behind
shirking · neglecting · washing one's hands of · walking away from · renouncing
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